Hurricane Helene exposes FEMA assistance gap in Appalachian areas
The mismatch between coverage and exposure is especially stark in Appalachia, where rainfall – not ocean waves – poses the biggest flooding threat and steep mountainsides funnel rainwater into narrow river valleys, said climate scientist Jeremy Porter at First Street risk consultancy.
Six days after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina was getting help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and others. But ...
The remnants of Hurricane Helene were not the only factor that caused contributed to the severity of the flooding in ...
With the remnants of Hurricane Helene bringing massive flooding to the Great Smoky Mountains region, several counties in East ...
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the storm "a true multi-state event" that's had "significant impacts" across five ...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said devastation in Western North Carolina was “beyond belief” in a press conference ...
Long-term trauma is what Asheville and the surrounding communities are facing now in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene.
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Communities in the Southeast are grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall as the strongest hurricane ...
While floods are considered one of the most common and costly natural disasters in the country, FEMA says just 4% of U.S.
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