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NC State QB suffers horrific injury

October 5, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

US LBM Coaches Poll: Georgia falls to Alabama, Texas becomes new No. 1 The latest LBM USA Coaches Poll is out and Georgia is no longer at the top after a blowout loss to Alabama in Week 5. Sports pulse (This story has been updated with new information.) NC State football quarterback Grayson McCall suffered […]

Watch Syracuse vs UNLV game today: channel, time, streaming information

October 5, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

With the calendar now turned to October, much of college football is shifting to conference play. However, there are still a handful of standout non-conference games, including one that looks a lot more enticing than it did two months ago. On Friday, Syracuse will make the 2,500-mile trip to Las Vegas to face No. 23 […]

How to help and what to donate to flood victims in Western North Carolina, Asheville flood

October 4, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Relief efforts are underway in hard-hit western North Carolina, including Asheville, which was declared a major disaster area following Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 hurricane at landfall. Communities are recovering from catastrophic floods that caused extensive damage and flooded roads that now look more like rivers. Local organizations and volunteers have begun coordinating relief efforts […]

Latest information on Helene's recovery and death toll

October 3, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

(This article is being updated. Read our previous coverage here.) More areas of western North Carolina began moving into recovery mode Wednesday after Tropical Storm Helene devastated communities, left roads impassable and thousands without power. Many local and state officials warned residents, saying a return to normal would take weeks, not days. The full extent […]

Latest information on North Carolina's death toll and relief

October 1, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

(This article is being updated. Read our previous coverage here.) This article has been updated because an earlier version and headline contained an inaccuracy. Relief efforts continue in Asheville and western North Carolina, where a major disaster caused by Tropical Storm Helene has devastated communities, left roads impassable and thousands without power. There were only […]

Race for help amid devastation in Helene

September 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

The rushing water rose five feet higher in the Swannanoa River than anyone had ever seen. On South Tunnel Road the ground disappeared, leaving a huge sinkhole full of asphalt soup. Houses floated away from the settlements. Bridges collapsed. The floods sent the tractor-trailers crashing into mangled heaps. Mud and branches, as well as food […]

What we know after the Asheville flood

September 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

(This story will be updated) The Biltmore Estate is currently assessing damage and remains temporarily closed after devastating rain from Tropical Storm Helene caused catastrophic flooding in the Asheville area. “Due to significant flooding, impassable roads and widespread power outages in our region caused by Tropical Storm Helene, Biltmore is temporarily closed,” a statement on […]

Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina destroys businesses and breweries in the River Arts District

September 29, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE — Overlooking the River Arts District, the Riverlink Bridge, a central gateway between downtown and West Asheville, has become something of a gathering place as residents suffer from historic damage to businesses during the devastating flooding caused by Tropical Storm Helene razed to the ground. Live updates on flooding in Asheville, North Carolina: Buncombe […]

Mountain Island Lake's floodwaters are rising quickly as Duke Energy moves water

September 27, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A flash flood warning was issued around Mountain Island Lake Friday afternoon as Duke Energy prepared to move significant amounts of water through the area. Residents near Mountain Island Lake were ordered to evacuate early Friday, September 27, as the lake was expected to overflow and flood the area. A voluntary […]

Torrential rains are flooding the mountains of North Carolina, posing the risk of a dam bursting

September 27, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in North Carolina culminated with tropical downpours from Hurricane Helene. Officials are keeping a close eye on a major dam, the two main highways in the mountains are closed and flooding is occurring everywhere. More than 30 centimeters of rain fell across much of the region in […]