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Since this story was first published, officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina, home to Asheville, have reported they overcounted the death toll in their region by as many as 30. Some of the death ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

The actions underscore growing concerns about safety and security of federal emergency personnel in western North Carolina ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...

Elsewhere, officials in Rutherford County, North Carolina told residents downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to flee to higher ground due to floodwater overflowing the top of the 124-ft-high barrier ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — For a split-second, it sounded like thunder.Both Mike and Susan Coffey were sitting in silence, trying to figure out what was happening outside their Lake ...

URGENT: FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE LAKE LURE DAM! DAM FAILURE IMMINENT ... because of water cresting the spillway. Other parts of the county were also urged to evacuate.

I JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS ALONG. I AM ACTUALLY SEEING JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, RESIDENTS BELOW LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND. SO JUST AS AN AS AN FYI ACROSS OUR AREA,LAKE LURE DAM ...

The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin. At the peak of Helene’s rains, a warning went out that the Lake Lure Dam was at ...

The North Carolina man was taken into custody near a FEMA vehicle while armed with a handgun and rifle, authorities said.

Law enforcement officials, already alerted to the potential threat, arrested Parsons at the scene. He was charged with “going ...