North Carolina was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, primarily in its western Appalachian region, causing at least 105 reported deaths and significant destruction of infrastructure and residential areas across several settlements. [1]

Oct 6, 2024 · A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.

Jan 31, 2025 · Hurricane Helene, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone notable for its rapid intensification that ultimately produced a wide swath of damage and loss of life that extended from northwestern Florida, where the storm made landfall on September 26, 2024, to Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Oct 18, 2024 · Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm late in the evening of September 26, 2024. Helene's largest impacts were across the southern Appalachians where widespread severe and unprecedented flooding occurred with hundreds of fatalities and billions in property damage.

Oct 13, 2024 · Tropical Storm Helene brought unprecedented destruction to Western North Carolina and while calculations about the full extent of the damage are ongoing, some preliminary numbers give...

Nov 7, 2024 · This extreme amount of rain over already-saturated soils resulted in catastrophic and historic flooding across western North Carolina. In the city of Asheville, North Carolina, some likened this flood event to that of the “Great Flood” of 1916.

Oct 24, 2024 · RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday.

Oct 3, 2024 · CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz explain how the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene reached parts of western North Carolina, an area ordinarily unaffected by extreme weather patterns.

Oct 1, 2024 · Hurricane Helene roared ashore late Thursday in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. A weakened Helene quickly moved through Georgia, then soaked the Carolinas...

Hear from survivors of hurricanes Helene and Milton about how they were impacted from the storms and turned to FEMA to get assistance. Learn more about the response to Hurricane Helene across all federal agencies on USA.gov.