US EditionOne Year After Hurricane Helene Flooding, Buckhead Residents Still Rebuilding
Recovery efforts include rebuilding homes, restoring businesses, and environmental cleanup with over 200,000 volunteer hours contributed across five states, focusing on Western North Carolina.
- One year on, cleanup and remediation efforts persist across Western North Carolina as waterways and debris‑clearing crews remove debris enough to fill 5,000 Olympic‑sized swimming pools.
- North Carolina suffered major losses, including 108 deaths and $59 billion in damage, amid a 'thousand‑year' flood that caused more than 1,400 road closures.
- The temporary filtration system was constructed rapidly to restore water service under a $39.2 million US Army Corps contract, benefiting over 100,000 residents at the North Fork Water Treatment Plant, Asheville.
- Stein is pressing Congress to approve additional appropriations and requested $20 billion, saying, `Just a year later, 97% of all state-maintained roads closed by Helene have been reopened.'
- Long‑term rebuilding faces a multibillion‑dollar gap that officials say requires federal action; God's Pit Crew, a Danville‑based nonprofit volunteer group, logged more than 200,000 hours, delivered over $3 million in resources and provided 30‑plus fully furnished homes.
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Gov. Stein talks to Western North Carolina business owners on the anniversary of Hurricane Helene
BURNSVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It was a day of mixed emotions in Burnsville one year after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. The devastation remains on the mind of locals like Claudia Honeycutt. “So many of our business owners on the street lost their home or you know, and that was a lot and then you have to decide are you going to work and try and make a little bit of money or are you going to fix your house,” said Honeycutt. …
A year after Hurricane Helene, communities and businesses are rebuilding with resilience
Seventy-nine billion dollars. That’s the official estimate of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene as the first anniversary of the storm is marked this weekend in communities across the southeast.North Carolina bore the brunt of the storm. The death toll of 108 was the highest of any state, and the damage of $59 billion was three-quarters of the storm’s total. Official totals, though, can’t begin to describe all the impacts of the sto…
Gov. Stein talks to WNC business owners on the anniversary of Hurricane Helene
BURNSVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It was a day of mixed emotions in Burnsville one year after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. The devastation remains on the mind of locals like Claudia Honeycutt. “So many of our business owners on the street lost their home or you know, and that was a lot and then you have to decide are you going to work and try and make a little bit of money or are you going to fix your house,” said Honeycutt. …
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