By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden flew over toppled trees, twisted metal and towering piles of debris in the normally tourist friendly downtown of Asheville, North…

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer While hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed. The massive system battered…

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in sight. Sibelco…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge or…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the company behind a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by flooding from…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation’s wars, a…