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Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina community helped by WVRC Media listeners making progress but still work to do
BURNSVILLE, N.C. — The director of the Emergency Management Agency in Yancey County, North Carolina said he’s shocked at the ...
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Family finally regains power after 3+ months following Hurricane Helene
BURNSVILLE, N.C. -- After more than three and a half months, a family on 19W, northwest of Burnsville, can turn their generator off. French Broad Electric Membership Corporation (FBEMC) energized the ...
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End in sight? NCORR disaster recovery labeled ‘taxpayer sham’ 7 years later
State legislators were left even more confused on Thursday after hearing from the top executive in charge of disaster ...
NCORR asks for $217M for Hurricane Matthew relief, lawmakers say they can’t be trusted
More than eight years after Hurricane Matthew ravaged Eastern North Carolina, around 1,150 people are still living in ...
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Troubled NC hurricane housing program says it needs more money to finish job
A state agency tasked with rebuilding homes damaged in hurricanes Matthew and Florence is asking the legislature for more money, saying it otherwise won't finish the long-delayed recovery from storms ...
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Without an additional $200M from state, hurricane survivors in NC may not get their homes rebuilt
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- More than $200M is needed in state funding to help hurricane victims, or their homes will not be rebuilt. While people in Western North Carolina are the latest hurricane ...
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Downed power line during gusty winds erupts wildfires in Helene-ravaged area of North Carolina
MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.
FEMA sent to Carolina with funds diverted from ‘illegals’? No, that’s satire | Fact check
On Jan. 24, President Donald Trump visited communities in North Carolina devastated by severe flooding after Hurricane Helene smashed the southeastern U.S. in late September 2024. The death toll from ...
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Year in Review: McDowell’s Emergency Management leads response to Helene
Even before the hurricane, emergency management dealt with the usual automobile wrecks and accidents and other emergency incidents in 2024. A flash flood hit McDowell County in January. During the ...
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Survivor of Hurricane Helene flooding in Newport gets a new home
Survivor of Hurricane Helene flooding in Newport gets a new home Three months after floodwaters destroyed her house, Janet Sams was presented with a new home at the same spot near the river. Watch ...
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With flooding plaguing this Fayetteville neighborhood, residents want solutions
The city of Fayetteville told Locks Creek residents Tuesday night they could make it easier for them to get in and out of their neighborhood during a flood ... back to Hurricane Matthew in 2016 ...
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With flooding plaguing this Fayetteville neighborhood, residents want solutions
The city of Fayetteville ... in the 500-year flood plain. Longtime Locks Creek homeowner Michael Harrison said during the meeting that the issue dates back to Hurricane Matthew in 2016 when ...