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Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., details the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene and the impact of the storm on the upcoming presidential election.

The full impact of Hurricane Helene won’t be known for weeks, but groups from both the public and private sector are mobilizing efforts to help those affected by the Category 4 storm that has killed at least 120 people and already caused billions in da...

Rescue operations sought to find survivors and deliver supplies across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee in areas where torrential rains brought by Hurricane Helene caused havoc. Residents face power cuts, supply shortages, blocked roads and broken communication lines in often mountainous terrain.

Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene.

death toll climbed towards 100 after Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions, destroyed roads and bridges and caused dramatic flooding from Florida to Virginia. The storm's winds, rain and storm surge killed at least 90 people in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia, according to a Reuters tally of state and local officials. Officials feared still more bodies would be discovered.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it charged a Florida man for allegedly threatening to kill one of his opponents in a 2022 Republican primary race for a U.S. House seat, which subsequently was won by Representative Anna Paulina Luna.

SpaceX Crew-9 mission successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday. This mission is significant as it marks the first human spaceflight to launch from Space Launch Complex-40. The Crew-9 team consists of NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, and a «furry friend» named Aurora, who serves as a Zero-G indicator.

Hurricane Helene caused widespread destruction to the US Southeast. The storm claimed at least 56 lives, displaced several residents, and plunged millions into darkness without electricity, according to a report by Voice of America. Rescue efforts were underway on Saturday to reach those stranded by the floods. In North Carolina, at least 10 lives were lost, according to Governor Roy Cooper. South Carolina reported 19 fatalities, including two firefighters in Saluda County. Georgia witnessed at least 17 deaths, with two victims claimed by a tornado in Alamo. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday raised the number of confirmed dead in Georgia to 11, including several people who drowned in Pinellas County.

Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S., leaving more than three million customers without any power and, for some, a continued threat of floods.

Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods. Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams. Western North Carolina was essentially cut off because or landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river.

Thousands of people in the vicinity of a dam in Tennessee were evacuated Friday amid fears of a “catastrophic failure” from the adverse impacts of Hurricane Helene, but officials later clarified the structure hadn’t failed.

The deli meat company Boar's Head is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials over a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning

Electric vehicle owners who live in the path of hurricanes should be wary of the risk their cars could catch fire if they are inundated by saltwater as the powerful storm moves ashore

Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) early Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormous storm could create a “nightmare” surge along the coast and churn up damaging winds hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S.

A Florida firm that had a 5.5% stake in Trump Media & Technology Group has disposed of most of their holdings in the company, which owns former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform

Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an «unsurvivable» storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., the National Weather Service in Tallahassee said. Helene is expected to be a major hurricane — meaning a Category 3 or higher — when it makes landfall on Florida's northwestern coast Thursday evening. As of early Thursday, hurricane warnings and flash flood warnings extended far beyond the coast up into south-central Georgia. The governors of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas have all declared emergencies in their states. The weather service forecast storm surges of up to 20 feet (6 meters) and warned they could be particularly «catastrophic and life-threatening» in Florida's Apalachee Bay. It added that high winds and heavy rains also posed risks.

The panel — comprised of seven Republicans and six Democrats — has spent the last two months trying to decipher the security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof and open fire at the former president during a July 13 campaign rally in Pennsylvania, killing a spectator. Now they are also investigating this month's Secret Service arrest of a man with a rifle on Trump's Florida golf course who also allegedly sought to assassinate the GOP presidential nominee. The suspect in the second assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh, was allegedly aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump's West Palm Beach golf course when he was detected by a Secret Service agent. The agent opened fire and Routh fled before being apprehended by local authorities.

A 10th person has died in an ongoing outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to a now-closed Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia

Florida has declared a state of emergency and is undergoing evacuations as Hurricane Helene approaches. Numerous counties, including Hillsborough and Pinellas, declared the closure of their schools. Several counties, including Sarasota and Charlotte, are under an order of evacuation. It is advised that those in the storm's possible path should be ready for a week or more without power. A state of emergency was proclaimed for almost the whole state by Governor Ron DeSantis. In a Tuesday news briefing, Governor Ron DeSantis stated that people still have time to prepare, review their hurricane plan, and make sure that they are executing their hurricane preparedness plan. Impacts might reach even farther, even if the storm is predicted to make landfall either in the Florida Panhandle or near the northern Gulf Coast. It is advised that residents in the possible path should get ready to go up to a week without power. Also Read :Julie Chrisley sent to 7 years in jail. Here's what has happened

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