Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding ... Experts have long warned that FEMA’s flood maps may be lagging ...

Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina ... This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

The worst flooding could be yet to come in several parts of North Carolina as rivers continue swelling to record levels in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Gov. Pat McCrory warned on Wednesday that ...

North Carolina’s western region already had been hit hard by Hurricane Helene in September. Among the extensive damage, flooding washed away more than a mile of eastbound lanes on Interstate 40 ...