Hurricane Helene Part 1 & 2

Part 1: Direct Impact

Historic flooding began before the storm struck Western North Carolina

A look at everything WLOS News 13 covered as the storm approached and as it hit the Western North Carolina region.

Hurricane Helene Part 2

Visiting the communities and lives impacted by the deadly storm one month later.

Lives lost, many still unaccounted for. This is the story of what the people living in communities across Western North Carolina were left with after Hurricane Helene struck the region, and how they were doing the best they could to figure out how to get the basic necessities as they looked forward to what is next: recovery.