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Helene death toll rises as Biden plans to visit ravaged Carolinas
President Joe Biden will survey the devastation in North and South Carolina as rescuers continued their search for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast.
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Helene's death toll passes 134 as crews search for survivors across Southeast
Exhausted emergency crews worked around the clock to clear roads, restore power and phone service, and reach those still stranded by the storm, which killed at least 134 people in six states.
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American Red Cross sending more help to south after Hurricane Helene
The American Red Cross is sending more help to southern states that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, questions about government response emerge
In western North Carolina, where more than 40 people have died, some residents say the government was unprepared for the storm.
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How Connecticut is helping people affected by Hurricane Helene
A dire situation still unfolding across the southeast. Four days after Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a category 4 hurricane, millions are without power, there’s a lack of water and fuel and food is scarce. And people from our state are heading south to try to help. “Our help and our scope of assistance isn’t...
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Groups from Connecticut provide help in south after Hurricane Helene
Groups from Connecticut are traveling to southern states to provide assistance after Hurricane Helen caused devastation.
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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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Conn. National Guard deploys to NC; residents reflect on Helene's impact
The Connecticut National Guard have been tapped to help in storm Helene recovery efforts.
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Conn. National Guard deploys to NC; residents reflect on Helene's impact
The Connecticut National Guard have been tapped to help in storm Helene recovery efforts. Soldiers are on their way to North Carolina in a CH-47 helicopter. The National Guard says they’ll be there for one week. “Moving personnel around disaster area, if the need arises, as well as moving around commodities like food water supplies things of that nature,” said...
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Connecticut National Guard unit to provide Helene disaster relief in North Carolina
A Connecticut National Guard unit has been deployed to help with Helene disaster response and relief efforts in North Carolina, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a five-member flight crew from the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 1-169th Aviation Regiment left from Windsor Locks Friday morning heading to North Carolina. Helene made landfall as a Category...
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Travelers head from CT to Florida after Hurricane Helene
Tropical Storm Helene hit Florida as a hurricane before being downgraded to a tropic storm and heading north. Travelers from Connecticut said they are heading down now that the storm has passed.
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At least 42 dead as Helene lashes the South with wind, rain and historic flooding
The system generated a massive storm surge and knocked out power to millions of customers in several states.
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Travelers from Connecticut headed to Florida despite threat of Hurricane Helene
Flights on Thursday were still departing for parts of Florida from Connecticut as Hurricane Helene approached the Gulf Coast.
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Helene makes landfall in Florida's northwest coast as a Category 4 hurricane
Helene made landfall on Florida’s northwest coast late Thursday after strengthening into a Category 4 storm hours earlier.
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As Helene bears down, insurance woes add to Florida homeowners' anxiety
Some residents are living in homes that haven’t been repaired since the last storm because of inadequate homeowners insurance — or none at all
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Hurricane Helene expected to intensify as it moves towards Florida
NBC Connecticut StormTracker meteorologist Rachael Jay has the latest on the track of Hurricane Helene as it moves towards Florida.
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Florida residents evacuating as Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane
Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and could strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S., forecasters said
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Tropical Storm Francine forms in the Gulf, hurricane watch issued in Louisiana
Newly-formed Tropical Storm Francine was named in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday morning.
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Ernesto becomes a hurricane as significant flooding likely across Puerto Rico
Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and threatened to strengthen into a major hurricane en route to Bermuda.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto takes aim at Puerto Rico and could strengthen to a hurricane by Thursday
On the forecast track, Ernesto is expected to move across portions of the Leeward Islands on Tuesday and near or over the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by Tuesday evening.