Fallen trees and debris from the September hurricane serve as kindling for the fires and hamper efforts to contain them.

Six months ago – following days of record-breaking rain – Hurricane Helene devastated western North ... disasters.” Lista: Refugios para evacuados por incendios forestales en el oeste de ...

Sean Rayford—Getty Images Reporter More than 12,000 acres have burned in North and South Carolina as wildfires continue to rage through the states’ western region. The situation has prompted ...

FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers in Western North Carolina will transition to locally operated Resource Centers March 31 and will cease operation as FEMA centers at 2 p.m. on March 29. The centers ...

She has covered climate change and natural disasters extensively ... burning in North Carolina as of Tuesday morning. The largest are clustered in Polk County in the western part of the state ...

Wildfires have been burning in Western ... wildfire map, by 8 p.m. Wednesday, the fire had grown to 175 acres and was 0% contained. The U.S. Forest Service and the North Carolina Forest Service ...

Six months ago, Hurricane Helene’s powerful winds and torrential rains caused “the most devastating natural disaster in western North Carolina’s history,’’ according to the National ...

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate ... Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated ...