Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, the rebuilding of homes ... Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updating flood plain maps, which will determine eligibility ...

A study by First Street Foundation, a nonprofit specializing in climate risk, reveals that North Carolina’s actual flood risk is three times greater than FEMA’s maps indicate. In western North ...

Three fires that merged to form the Black Cove Complex Fire have burned nearly 7,000 acres in Western North Carolina’s Polk and Henderson counties, N.C. Forest Service rangers said Friday night.

Fighting growing wildfires in western North Carolina is hampered by debris left over from Hurricane Helene-related flooding, which was 6 months ago this week.

People leaving the Asheville area should use I-40 East or I-26 East. Click or tap here to view an interactive map of road closures in western North Carolina.