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Helene's death toll tops 200 as crews try to reach the most remote areas hit by the storm
Hurricane Helene’s death toll has reached 200 and could rise higher still.
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Bear's Smokehouse BBQ fundraiser will support World Central Kitchen amid Hurricane Helene recovery efforts
Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ is holding a fundraiser in New Haven to support World Central Kitchen as it provides free meals for people affected by the devastation from Hurricane Helene. The fundraiser will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the New Haven location on 470 James St., from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ in Asheville, N.C....
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Groton Bowling Center collecting donations to help with recovery after Helene
The owners of the Groton Bowling Center are collecting donations to get to victims affected by the devastation from Helene.
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Connecticut helps with rescues and recovery following Helene
People in Connecticut are helping so many recover from the devastation caused by Helene.
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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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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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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 that has killed at least 120 people and already caused billions in damage.
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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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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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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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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.”