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‘Frankly ridiculous': FEMA administrator slams Trump for boosting false Helene recovery claims
Donald Trump and his allies like Elon Musk have been working to turn the Helene disaster into a campaign attack against Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Mexican immigrants plagued by questions after plant workers swept away by Helene
Hurricane Helene left a devastating mark on the small Latino community that makes up a disproportionate number of workers at a plastics factory in Erwin, Tennessee. Six of its workers were swept away, four of them Mexican Americans.
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A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough
Hurricane Helene severely damaged drinking water utilities in the Southeast. Western North Carolina was especially hard hit.
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Helene's powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to die
Hurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg.
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Volunteer pilots are flying supplies to trapped Hurricane Helene victims
The relief organization Operation Airdrop said its members have logged nearly 600 “missions” in two days to North Carolina and Tennessee.
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The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
Hurricane Helene’s death toll has reached 200 and could rise higher still.
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Death toll from Helene climbs, hundreds still missing
The destruction from Hurricane Helene makes it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
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A North Carolina mountain town is wrecked by Hurricane Helene
Residents returning to Swannanoa to salvage what they can said they were taken aback by the breadth of the damage.
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Grandparents found hugging one another after fallen tree killed them in South Carolina home
John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside. Just minutes later, he says they were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom.
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Aftermath of Helene still being felt across Southeast
At least 134 people across six states in the southeast U.S. are dead as a result of Hurricane Helene, with hundreds still missing.
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Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 120
Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South.
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Storm survivors at a packed shelter in Asheville are still in shock
The shelter at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, known locally as A-B Tech, was at capacity with 149 people, including many families, facing an uncertain future together.
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How to help those affected by Hurricane Helene
The full impact of Hurricane Helene won’t be known for weeks, but groups from both the public and private sector are mobilizing efforts to help those affected by the Category 4 storm
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Biden pledges to aid relief from Hurricane Helene's devastation
President Joe Biden addressed widespread destruction across the southeast part of the United States in the wake of Hurricane Helene, as well as his plans to visit impacted areas. “I’ve beee told that it would be disruptive if I did it right now,” the president said Monday. “We will not do that at the risk of diverting any of the...
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Helene death toll tops 120 as isolated communities await help
Desperate residents isolated by washed-out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined up Monday for fresh water and a chance to message loved ones
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Biden hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week
President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations.
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‘Something like we've never seen': Helene destruction overwhelms southern Appalachia
Floodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service.
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‘I should've listened': Tampa man takes refuge in a kayak after Helene flooded home
Matthew Heller went live on TikTok as water started rushing in. At one point, 30,000 people joined, and the video garnered more than 3 million likes.
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A veteran firefighter and a 4-year-old girl are among the dead from Helene
“We’re all better for having known him,” the police chief of Blackshear, Georgia, said of firefighter Vernon Leon Davis. “He would do anything for anybody.”
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ComEd sends line workers to Georgia to aid in power restoration amid Tropical Storm Helene
ComEd is sending line workers from Channahon to Georgia this weekend to aid in power restoration in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene. NBC Chicago’s Jenn Schanz reports.