Satellite images taken after Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina show washed-out streets and buildings, downed trees, and ...

With help, life will return to "a new normal" in communities devastated by Hurricane Helene, as it has in Tuscaloosa after ...

In 1964, a graduate student cut down a bristlecone pine in Nevada. The tree, now known as Prometheus, turned out to be nearly ...

Ridley did not say what damage, if any, was sustained by the club, but that its foremost efforts were with its staff and ...

Fallen trees ... Images verified by NPR show that even if the mines are intact, getting quartz out of the region may be a challenge. The main CSX rail line in and out of Spruce Pine runs along ...

Charred trees punctuated the Eldorado National Forest like blackened skeletons of their former selves, victims of the ...

Overhead, turkey vultures and hawks circle looking for prey. Underfoot, snakes, salamanders and turtle hatchlings do their ...

In the American West, white glaciers and snow fields are outnumbered by long-overlooked “rock glaciers.” The rock covering ...

Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

When Trump visited Georgia, he said that Hurricane Helene had been "just about the biggest anyone had seen," adding that the town is "very badly hurting." He also referred to the ...

Supplies are being brought into the region by air following devastation from Tropical Storm Helene across Western North ...