In North Carolina, Govus says, nearly 80 people died from Helene's flooding, the majority of them in Buncombe County. "And then also, we live in an area where we have nuisance flooding on a ...

More than 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in North Carolina, some 500 miles inland from where it came ashore in Florida. Dozens of people drowned in Helene's floodwaters. The director of ...

In North Carolina, Govus says, nearly 80 people died from Helene's flooding, the majority of them in Buncombe County. "And then also, we live in an area where we have nuisance flooding on a ...

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.