The state’s Department of Health and Human Services was working on confirmation of the deaths in Chatham, Orange and Alamance counties, North Carolina Emergency Management spokesperson Justin Graney said in an email.

In Alamance County, where a state of emergency was declared, the Haw River crested at a near-record 32.5 feet early Monday morning.

Heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee their homes in central North Carolina, officials said Monday.

National Weather Service Raleigh meteorologist Andrew Kren explains the current warm front due to a strong high-pressure system over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valley, leading to temperatures in the upper 90s to lower 100s in the Piedmont early in the week, with a slight downward trend to the low to mid-90s by the weekend.

Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

"Helene’s Unheard Warnings" is the title of a new ProPublica article that takes a deep dive into the catastrophic damage left behind by the storm. It also chronicles how, even with dire warnings from local and national outlets, Helene caught entire communities off guard.

Damage so far has been minimal, mostly limited to flooding on low-lying roads and bridges, says Will Holt, director of Watauga County’s Emergency Services.

North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $528 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene's historic flooding nearly six…

In much of the region, tornado warnings have gone the way of the phone booth.

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic…