04 October 2024 - Hurricane Helene is US deadliest storm in nearly two decades
Helene is deadliest mainland US hurricane since Katrina
Ana Faguy and Brandon Drenon (BBC News, 04/10/2024)
The death toll from Hurricane Helene has surpassed 200 as rescuers continue to search for survivors from the storm that tore across the US south-east.
‘The Death Toll Is Going to Be Tremendous’
David A. Graham (The Atlantic, 03/10/2024)
When Hurricane Helene struck his home in Hickory, North Carolina, Brock Long lost power for four days. Once his family was safe, he headed into the mountains of western North Carolina to help out.
‘Completely and entirely erased’: How Helene swallowed one mountain town
Brady Dennis (The Washington Post, 29/09/2024)
There was no worship service Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church. No hymns or sermons or Communion. But there were hugs in the parking lot and tears running down tired faces — and, importantly, food and water for anyone finally able to make their way out from the devastation that seems to have swallowed this mountain town.
Why was the flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, so extreme? Meteorologists explain.
Julia Jacobo (ABC News, 03/10/2024)
The remnants of Hurricane Helene were not the only factor that contributed to the severity of the flooding that struck the mountain community of Asheville, North Carolina.