US EditionOn North Carolina's Rivers and Streams, the Cleanup of Helene's Fury Seems Never-Ending
State-funded crews cleared over 75 tons of debris from a dozen rivers across five watersheds to restore habitats and protect endangered species after flooding.
- A year after Hurricane Helene hammered the Southeast, MountainTrue, a North Carolina-based nonprofit, continues removing PVC pipes and debris from the French Broad River, Asheville, N.C., and Lake Lure near Chimney Rock, N.C.
- Rains of up to 30 inches in the North Carolina mountains killed more than 250 people and caused nearly $80 billion in damage in Hurricane Helene.
- Conservation teams documented widespread mortality among eastern hellbenders, a species of special concern, and moved 60 Appalachian elktoe, a federally endangered mussel, upstream to a refuge.
- MountainTrue, backed by a state grant, reported 75 tons removed since July from a dozen rivers, while contractors caused some harm by cutting healthy trees, per Jon Stamper.
- Vickie and Paul Revis, whose home was swept away by the Swannanoa River, will soon move into a donated modular home, and debris traveled about 90 miles to Douglas Lake, Tennessee.
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On North Carolina's rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene's fury seems never-ending
In the understandable haste to rescue people and restore their lives to some semblance of normalcy, some fear the recovery efforts compounded Helene's impact on the ecosystem.
On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending - Southern Farm Network
WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — It’s been only a year since Hurricane Helene hammered the southeast U.S. from Florida to the Carolinas. Some of the heaviest damage came from flooding in the North Carolina mountains, where some 30 inches of rain turned gentle streams into walls of water that swept away anything
State removes nearly 5 million cubic yards of debris from waterways after Helene's destruction
HAMPTON — It is not a coincidence that the biggest fishing tournament in the history of Watauga Lake is coming on the anniversary of the day Hurricane Helene struck the Southern Appalachians and filled Watauga with thousands of tons of…
State's post-Helene waterway cleanup yields 5 million cubic yards of debris
HAMPTON — It is not a coincidence that the biggest fishing tournament in the history of Watauga Lake is coming on the anniversary of the day Hurricane Helene struck the Southern Appalachians and filled Watauga with thousands of tons of…
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