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When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene’s fury

When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene’s fury

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The weary and worn residents of Julianne Johnson’s neighborhood in Asheville have been getting by without electricity since Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast last week and upended…

Amid Hurricane Helene’s destruction, local sports organizations launch relief efforts to aid storm victims

Amid Hurricane Helene’s destruction, local sports organizations launch relief efforts to aid storm victims

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — N.C. State football player Davin Vann was on the move, tiptoeing his way between obstacles in the Wolfpack’s indoor practice facility midway through a game…

The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene’s death toll tops 200

The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene’s death toll tops 200

By JEFF AMY and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press PENSACOLA, N.C. (AP) — Rescue crews and volunteers facing obstacles at every turn in North Carolina’s remote mountains paddled canoes across swollen rivers and steered horses past…

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

By JEFF AMY, ERIK VERDUZCO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains…

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene

By ERIK VERDUZCO, JEFF AMY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking…

Hurricane Helene’s victims include first responders who died helping others

Hurricane Helene’s victims include first responders who died helping others

Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. People died…