Beyond the mountain shops: Hidden struggle in Western North Carolina
The contrast is stark: tourists casually shopping just a few miles from American citizens surviving in tents on their neighbors’ lawns.
Disaster
'Disaster for our country': Evangelical Trump critics lament election outcome
One of the creators of a Christian nonprofit effort aimed at “better Christian politics” claims President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election is a “disaster” for the United States.
'It's all God': Couple who survived Hurricane Helene by floating on couch praise the Lord
A North Carolina couple who survived Hurricane Helene by using their couch as a flotation device thanked God for protecting them and revealed how their faith has buoyed them amid the aftermath of the disaster that ravaged their community.
My church was directly hit by Hurricane Milton. What I learned
Milton’s eye passed through my neighborhood, and the backside of the eyewall was like nothing I’ve experienced in previous storms.
Hurricane Helene is our time: The Church rushes in when disasters strike
Few experiences have shocked me as deeply as my visit to Western North Carolina just days after Hurricane Helene struck because what I was expecting was not what I saw.
Ask Chuck: Recovering financially from the hurricanes
The company I work for was destroyed as a result of Hurricane Helene. We are surviving, but things are very tight financially, and we are emotionally overloaded. What should we do to work our way out of this crisis?
Grandparents found hugging each other after fallen tree killed them in SC home; Helene death toll rises
An elderly couple, killed in South Carolina when a large tree fell on their home during Hurricane Helene, were found embracing each other in their bed, their grandson said. He is among hundreds of residents across six Southeastern U.S. states mourning the loss of their loved ones. The death toll surpassed 230 late Saturday.
Satellite images show horrifying aftermath of Helene in NC as death toll rises
Satellite images have captured the extensive damage in western North Carolina a week after Hurricane Helene brought severe flooding and destruction to the Southeastern U.S. The death toll has now reached 227, with officials warning that this number could rise as recovery operations continue.
Pilot rescuing stranded Hurricane Helene victims ordered to stop or face arrest
A South Carolina pilot who flew to a flood-ravaged region of North Carolina to help stranded Hurricane Helene victims claims he was warned that he'd be arrested if he didn't stop performing rescue missions.
Christian groups provide disaster relief to Helene victims as death toll climbs past 60
Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region before sweeping through Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee, has left over 60 people dead and millions without power.
