Hurricane Helene

Turnout Surges in Swing States Pummeled by Helene

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Report: A Surge of Farm Waste Vulnerable to Flooding

In recent years, Southern states like Georgia and the Carolinas have seen an explosion in the number of...

Helene and Milton, Harbingers of Climate Chaos

“Helene” and “Milton” could be a favorite aunt and uncle; instead, they have become emblems of the deepening...

Taylor Swift donates $5m to US hurricane relief efforts

Taylor Swift has donated $5m to relief efforts connected to hurricanes Helene and Milton.The charity Feeding America thanked...

Hurricane Helene Impacts IV Fluid Production Factory

Hurricane Helene has triggered severe flooding at the Baxter International plant in North Cove, North Carolina, a key production site for IV fluids....

Harris says federal aid for Hurricane Helene relief ‘here for the long term’

Kamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the “heroes among us” during a swing through hurricane-hit North Carolina on Saturday, her second trip...

Letter From Florida: Nowhere Left to Hide

We tend to forget about natural disasters that happen in places where we don’t live or want to vacation. But three years ago, a...

Fema doesn’t have funding through hurricane season, warns Mayorkas

The US homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, has warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) does not have enough funding to make it...

Weather tracker: Hurricane Helene leaves trail of death and devastation

Hurricane Helene hit the Florida coastline as a category 4 hurricane with mean wind speeds of 140mph, making it the strongest hurricane on record...

Florida man rescues neighbors on surfboard after Helene floods island city

A man living in a Florida island city that was inundated with Hurricane Helene’s deadly storm surge reportedly used his surfboard to rescue about...