In Western North Carolina, heavy rains are causing rivers and lakes to overflow, and landslides have blocked major roads. Across the state, two deaths have been linked to the storm.

Michigan rescuers — including two from Grand Rapids — are responding to North Carolina as Tropical Storm Helene moves across the Southeast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

As waters rose from Hurricane Helene, Andy Fyfe left his wife Chloe and one-year-old Keleo in the attic and waded over to his fourth-generation Appalachian neighbors, where he eventually tried to hold their front door against the flood,

As Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern United States in late September 2024, a video purportedly showing a rescue mission amid flooding in North Carolina gathered millions of views on social media.

Planet Labs captured and compared satellite images that show the storm's devastating impact on one of the hardest hit cities.