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WUSF Public Media - Mon May 12, 2025
Tampa Bay Area Governments Looking for Ways to Prevent Inland Flooding from Hurricanes
Douglas Woods was still sloshing through 3-ft.-high waves to get to his home in October 2024, nearly a week after Hurricane Milton put his Land O'Lakes neighborhood under water. "I moved here in 1994, and I've had water in my garage a couple of times, so this is by far the worst that I've ever seen," Woods told WUSF Public Media in Tampa....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed May 07, 2025
W-L Construction Works to Restore Route 58
When Hurricane Helene unleashed its fury in late September 2024 many communities in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia were shredded under the onslaught of flooding and mudslides. In the wake of the storm's 140 mph winds, people needed food, water and shelter....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed April 23, 2025
State Road, Bridge Repairs in East Tennessee Due to Helene Heading Toward Finish Line
Almost seven months after the remnants of Hurricane Helene roared through Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, causing billions of dollars in damage and claiming more than 100 lives between the two states, most major repair work has been finished in both states, particularly in Tennessee....
Hitachi - Mon April 14, 2025
At Miller Creek Quarry near Rutherfordton, N.C., production hasn't stopped since 1965 (the company has been in operation since 1949.)Behind a massive granite wall face, operators navigate a fleet of heavy equipment through stockpiles of crushed stone for roads, construction sites and most recently hurricane recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene....
Virginia DCR & Norfolk Daily Press - Tue March 04, 2025
Army Corp Removes Storm Debris From Va.'s Claytor Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with three other federal and Virginia state agencies, has completed post-Hurricane Helene debris removal at Claytor Lake and demobilized the operations center at Claytor Lake State Park....
The Mountaineer - Mon February 24, 2025
Engineers Believe Long-Term I-40 Rebuild in N.C. Should Start at Pigeon River, Work Upward
With two of the four lanes of the collapsed portion of Interstate 40 set to be reopened on March 1, 2025 in far western N.C., following Hurricane Helene's destruction in fall 2024, attention will soon turn to the much grander and more difficult long-range goal of a permanent fix to the major U.S....
Raleigh News & Observer - Tue February 18, 2025
Hurricane-Damaged I-40 Through N.C.'s Mountains to Be Reopened to Traffic March 1
Interstate 40 will reopen through the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, 2025, restoring the main highway connection between N.C. and Tenn. for the first time since damage from remnants of Hurricane Helene shut it down in late September 2024....
CEG - Tue February 04, 2025
N.C. Governor Asks Lawmakers for More Than $1B in Hurricane Relief
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is asking the General Assembly for $1 billion in Hurricane Helene storm recovery money this spring to help the western part of the state address its "immediate needs."Stein, a newly-elected Democrat, wants the legislature to spend $1.07 billion in a bill to be passed soon, instead of waiting for the state budget bill in the coming fiscal year that begins July 1....
Raleigh News & Observer - Mon November 18, 2024
NCDOT Engineers Able to Rebuild Gap in Key Highway Bridge Damaged By Hurricane
The small mountain community of Bat Cave, in the rugged Hickory Nut Gorge southeast of Asheville, N.C., paid a heavy price in late September for being in the path of the remnants of what was Hurricane Helene....
NCDOT - Thu November 07, 2024
NCDOT Estimates Date for 2-Way Traffic in Gorge
Traffic may be flowing in both directions on North Carolina's Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge — albeit slower than normal — by New Year's Day. N.C. Department of Transportation officials anticipate a contractor completing a stabilization project securing the westbound lanes of I-40 in the gorge....
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