How are Army soldiers and engineers helping Western North Carolina after Helene? We took a ride along in Chimney Rock to find out.

Elections officials in western North Carolina originally planned to open 80 early voting sites for the general election, storm damage from Helene and road closures have reduced that number to 76

Extensive flooding hit Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28 and 29, with satellite imagery showing the impacts of Hurricane Helene. Video posted on Storyful via Planet Labs showed the mammoth of a storm move into the area leaving a catastrophic wake in its path.

Hurricane Helene was a historic storm that will be on the minds of those affected for years to come. During the evening of Sept. 26, the storm made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend area as a category 4 with wind speeds of 140 mph.

Storm damage is seen Wednesday, October 16, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina after Tropical Storm Helene devastated western North Carolina, killing over 200 people over the last few weeks.

At least 95 storm-related deaths have been recorded in the state, a total that's still “expected to rise over the coming days," the governor's office said

The state's National Guard is still conducting search-and-rescue work, and Cooper cautioned that the number missing could fluctuate up or down.