Helene: Housing FEMA aid, insurance, safety should be priorities; Asheville housing expert
For homeowners in Western North Carolina, safety and applying for aid through insurance companies and FEMA should be top ...
‘We’ve all been living in fear of this’ — but Helene’s devastation still shocked North Carolina
The N.C. climate change plan warned four years ago the state’s western mountains were vulnerable to extreme weather and “even Asheville itself is not immune.” ...
Fewer than 2% of people in counties hit hardest by Helene have flood insurance: report
In the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, fewer than 2% of homeowners are protected by flood insurance, NBC News ...
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Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster: Few Have Flood Insurance
Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can ...
‘It’s going to be a mess’: The flood insurance crisis following Helene’s wreckage
Only 2 percent of households in flooded parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina can get insurance payments.
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Kamala Harris Announces $750 Aid Check for North Carolina Families Who Lost Everything in Hurricane Floods
Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Wednesday that the federal government will provide a $750 payment to hurricane ...
Hurricane Helene exposes FEMA assistance gap in Appalachian areas
As residents of western North Carolina piece together their lives following Hurricane Helene, few will be able to rely on ...
North Carolina Tuesday recap: Buncombe County death toll climbs to 57, sheriff says.
Relief efforts continue in Asheville and the Western North Carolina area where a major disaster due to Tropical Storm Helene ...
Hurricane Helene aftermath: More than 200 dead as hope fades in search for survivors
At least 190 people are known to have died as a result of the carnage and destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene since it ...
Helene live updates: Death toll rising in hard-hit Asheville with 200 missing
At least 189 people have been killed, according to The Associated Press. Helene, which made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region last week as a massive Category 4 hurricane, has become the deadliest ...
Map: Less than 1% of residences covered by flood insurance in hard-hit North Carolina
The counties hardest hit by Hurricane Helene were also those with the lowest levels of flood insurance protection.