Weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina with a record downpour ... It’s a challenge more Americans could face as flood damage increases under global warming.

Both Hurricane Helene and the storm of 1916 moved in from Florida’s Gulf Coast and worked up to North Carolina ... there was widespread flooding, damage, and death. The last serious effort ...

The Flood Watch has been canceled for Maui County and Hawaii Island, ending the First Alert Weather Day for the eastern half of the state. After a long campaign for many candidates. It's now all ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency released new flood insurance rate maps on Thursday after a five year re-examination of Oahu’s flood hazards, including multiple ...

State of emergency at NC coast after ‘firehose’ storm hits The Sept. 16 deluge centered on Carolina Beach south of Wilmington, where more than 18 inches of rain fell in 12 hours and almost 21 overall.

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. — The sun shines like a halo over the broken belfry. Its bell now sits silently on the ground, near the tattered hymnals and Bibles. The South Toe River, clear and tranquil ...

The last time a North Carolina family saw their beloved cat, Blanco, he was clinging to power lines above raging flood waters -- before the animal fell into the waters below. Blanco's loved ones ...

When seven feet of water stormed inside the stone walls, drowning inventory and smothering the flood in deep muck, locals swept in like a brigade. “The town converged on the store, because they ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington is looking pretty ... But the region first appeared on maps much earlier than that. Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was one of the first Europeans ...

Extrication tools, air packs, EMS supplies and turnout gear were among items destroyed last month by flooding from Hurricane Helene. Crews at Bat Cave Volunteer Fire and Rescue continue to respond ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...