Western North Carolina business owners reflect, reopen 6 months after Hurricane Helene

Saluda inn houses Helene survivors, evacuees as firefighters work to tame Polk County fires

A Saluda inn houses Helene survivors, mere miles from where firefighters battle blazes. Some say Helene could impact WNC wildfires for decades.

Western North Carolina business owners reflect, reopen 6 months after Hurricane Helene

LANSING, N.C. (WGHP) — Lindsey Kulp's downtown Lansing store is full of familiar sounds once again: the front door opening, friends greeting her and ringing people up at the register.  Six months ago, only silence and emptiness were inside her store the Squirrel and Nut. "I had no words," Kulp said. "When I walked in, it looked just like it was empty. There was just six inches of mud." A wall of water from Big Horse Creek washed away around $50,…

Rafting season in Cocke County brings chance to kickstart economy after Helene

HARTFORD, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cocke County community is rebuilding six months since the area was devastated by Hurricane Helene. As a major attraction in the area, rafting companies, like Ober Mountain Whitewater Rafting, are among those getting back on their feet.   “As a community, everybody came together. It didn't matter if we were competitors or not. Everybody was helping everyone and that made a huge impact, I think, on where we are today a…

Miraculous story of survival emerges 6 months after Helene ravages WNC

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (WSPA) - Thursday, March 27 marked six months since Hurricane Helene dropped historic rainfall, caused catastrophic flooding, and contributed to more than 2,000 landslides. The grim milestone came amid an outbreak of wildfires that continued to burn in areas severely damaged by the storm. Amid the growing wildfire emergency across the Carolinas, Helene’s destruction was still fresh for families like Donald Craig and his daughter, …

Why Isn't My Internet Back Yet? The Hidden Challenges of Network Restoration - WorldNL Magazine

Internet and power outages often linger after big storms pass through. But sometimes, those internet networks can take much longer to repair than usual. Over 974,000 homes and businesses experienced power outages after Hurricane Helene swept through rural mountain communities on Sept. 27. It was a hurricane that no one in the western Carolinas could have expected, a “one-in-1,000” year storm worsened by previous rainfall and rugged mountainous t…

6 months after Helene, leftover debris fuels wildfires and hinders firefighters in Carolinas #shorts

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