Asheville Watchdog
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Why did Swannanoa become Helene's 'ground zero'? Deadly …
Oct 22, 2024 · The floodwaters rose so fast at Thanh Bui’s house the morning of Sept. 27, she had to swim to safety. Bui, 55, and her 30-year-old son, Quintin Ho, had been up much of the night, monitoring the howling winds and rainfall of Tropical Storm Helene. Ho periodically checked the yard of their home on Asheville […]
It’s official: Helene’s rainfall, flooding broke all-time records
Oct 4, 2024 · In terms of rainfall, flooding, and, tragically, lives lost, Hurricane Helene is officially worse than the historic 1916 and 2004 floods that until last week stood as the most damaging natural disasters in recorded Buncombe County history, according to state climate data. “I just kind of assumed that … we wouldn’t ever actually see another […]
The lives we lost: Helene took entire families, couples, children
Oct 19, 2024 · They perished under the most harrowing circumstances: entire families swept away by raging floodwaters, couples tossed out of their homes or crushed as the land underneath gave way, people battling diseases unable to access the treatments that kept them alive. The devastating, heartbreaking picture of the lives lost in Buncombe to Tropical Storm Helene, a […]
The lives we lost: Fairview landslides from Helene that killed 13 …
Oct 24, 2024 · Asheville Watchdog is bringing you the stories behind the staggering loss of life from Helene, the children, parents, grandparents, multiple generations of a single family, all gone in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the mountains of western North Carolina. This is the second installment. As Tropical Storm Helene barreled through on Sept. […]
Answer Man: Has pollution made local rivers a blue-green color?
Dec 24, 2024 · Answer Man Answer Man: Has pollution made local rivers a blue-green color? Mission and the VA Medical Center used their own water after city’s was restored? Who is Cowboy Dave?
‘Beyond grateful:’ Unprecedented donations pour in from every …
Dec 19, 2024 · Money has been pouring into western North Carolina in unprecedented amounts since Tropical Storm Helene from individual donors, corporations and foundations throughout the U.S. At least $205 million has been raised or made available through disaster relief funds, benefit concerts and fundraisers, Asheville Watchdog found. Nonprofits in the region have raised millions more to provide […]
Opinion: ‘We feel blessed. We’re alive’ – one family’s story of ...
Dec 23, 2024 · It’s a little ridiculous to sugarcoat 2024. Tropical Storm Helene saw to that, leaving a trail of destruction in these mountains the likes of which no one alive had ever witnessed. The Sept. 27 storm particularly pummeled Buncombe County, where 43 people died, and it really drew a bullseye on Swannanoa, a modest community of […]
The lives we lost: Two sought refuge together, but Swannanoa …
Oct 29, 2024 · Asheville Watchdog is bringing you the stories behind the staggering loss of life from Helene, the children, parents, grandparents, multiple generations of a single family, all gone in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the mountains of western North Carolina. This is the third installment. Zubila Shafiq saw her husband, Omar Khan, for […]
Pharmacist sues HCA, Mission, and manager for firing her over …
Dec 16, 2024 · A Mission Hospital pharmacist who supervised a team that tracked medication histories and prevented errors is suing the hospital, its corporate owner, and her boss after she was fired for posting a comment on social media criticizing what she described as inadequate staffing in her department. The lawsuit, filed in Buncombe County Superior Court on […]