Tropical Storm Helene gives shipwreck experts a new way to use their skills — documenting storm-battered historic homes.

In Rutherford County ... Service map, but their home insurance carrier, Farm Bureau Insurance, claims it was floodwater. Lke 97% of western North Carolinians, the Tatums don’t have flood ...

Bob and Edwina Tatum live in a small town of about 200 people in Avery County. The now-retired educators ... the Tatums don’t have flood insurance. When 5 On Your Side asked how much the ...

The team spent a week in western N.C., traveling to Buncombe ... Laughter, county manager, said the county's biggest needs include home repairs and mobile home replacements, mitigation (homes that ...

Tropical Storm Helene damaged over 11,000 homes in Buncombe County. Hundreds of residents are still displaced and living in ...

The Wednesday, March 12, Buncombe County Helene recovery briefing covered ... building new foundations above the 100-year flood elevation and acquiring properties at their pre-Helene value.

Tropical Storm Helene damaged over 11,000 homes in Buncombe County. Hundreds of residents are still displaced and living in hotels through FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.

Buncombe County accepted an $8.4 interest-free loan offered from the state to cover Helene-related expenses while awaiting federal reimbursement. The county also adopted a legislative agenda that ...