More than 90 percent of homes and businesses are without power this morning as Hurricane Helene marches north toward the N.C. mountains. In all, 1,075,000 customers were in the dark in the Carolinas, ...

Henderson County and Hendersonville have issued a Do Not Drive Alert for any non-emergency travel during this time. Consider all roads in Henderson County as closed until storm impacts subside and the ...

In a joint news conference, Buncombe and Henderson county emergency managers are comparing Hurricane Helene to the catastrophic flood of 1916, the biggest natural disaster ever in the two counties.

WLOS reported rainfall totals over 36 hours through 8:30 a.m. of 8.1 inches in North Mills River, 7 inches at AVL and 5.35 inches in Mills River. WTZQ in Tracy Grove reported 5.1 inches.

Duke Energy's website showed 9,973 power outages, mostly along Four Seasons Boulevard near I-26, in Edneyville, Fruitland and Dana. That amounts to roughly 15 percent of the total customer base in the ...