One third of the reported deaths occurred in one North Carolina county (Buncombe).
Some of the headlines at the Raleigh (NC) News&Observer:
- A county by county look at Helene’s devastation in western NC
- In battleground North Carolina, Helene damage creates challenges for Trump and Harris
- Biden says Trump is lying about Cooper, NC Helene response. Here’s what’s really happening.
- A 30-truck convoy rides through Helene’s worst in Avery County, feeding the forgotten
- A cart of flowers lifts spirits and brings color back to Western NC’s dire landscape
- Pilots get needed supplies to battered Western NC and beyond, one delivery at a time
- As residents dig out of the mud, they know Helene has forever changed their NC town
- Helene devastated this small Ashe County town. Now its residents are feeding one another
- Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
- ‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street