Hurricane Helene: Fact-checking videos claiming to show scenes from the storm
The VERIFY team is fact-checking videos that claim to be from Hurricane Helene. Here’s what is true and false.
Why Hurricane Helene grew so rapidly into a monster storm
Hurricanes are growing more rapidly in part because of climate change and shifts in the atmosphere and oceans, scientists say.
Hurricane Helene sounds the climate alarm (again)
Enter Hurricane Helene. The punishing force of the Category 4 storm has left millions of power customers without electricity in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. At least 20 people have been confirmed killed,
How climate change is intensifying storms like Hurricane Helene
Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more intense, scientific research shows. Helene has unleashed high winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm surge in the Southeast after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night.
Right after Hurricane Helene, forecasters are watching two more potential storms
Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters have barely receded from Florida’s west coast, but forecasters are already tracking two more disturbances. The National Hurricane Center is watching a disturbance that is over the western Caribbean Sea and might strengthen in a similar spot where Helene did Tuesday before slamming into the Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane just before midnight Thursday.
Yes, there was another Hurricane Helene 66 years ago, but it never made landfall
Another Hurricane Helene battered the Carolinas in September 1958. Like the 2024 hurricane, it would have been a Category 4 if today's wind scale was in use then.
Families drowning in mortgage bills after Hurricane Ida could get help under new N.J. bill
Legislators plan to introduce a new bill Thursday that would provide mortgage relief and foreclosure forbearance for New ...
Push to bring more relief to Hurricane Ida survivors in NJ
There is a push in New Jersey to bring more help to survivors of Hurricane Ida, some of whom are still not back in their ...
How to help Hurricane Helene victims: Where to donate, what to do (and what not to)
Over a million customers were left without power, houses were flooded when they weren't washed away, and many people are in ...
Churches are using climate-friendly solutions for hurricane blackouts
Such self-sustaining microgrids have great potential for many places in the world that are slammed by increasingly intense ...
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Solar-powered 'lighthouses' stayed lit for Hurricane Francine. What does it mean for bigger storms?
Nine lighthouses opened in the aftermath of the storm, eight of them activated within twelve hours of Francine's landfall.
Hurricane Helene: Category 1 storm intensifies as it takes aim at Florida
Helene is strengthening as it moves toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. It is expected to become a hurricane today and will hit ...
Hurricane Helene Friday Florida recap: How to help victims as recovery starts
Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.
Hurricane Francine sets back Ida recovery for Nicholls State
Nicholls State University, a small university nestled along Bayou Lafourche, has seen better days. It also has seen worse ...
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Cat 4 Hurricane Helene intensified over the Gulf Loop Current. Here's why it's so dangerous.
The location of the Loop Current is challenging to predict each year. And hurricanes can spend hours -- or days -- over it.
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Co-ops deploy nearly 200 for Hurricane Helene help
Nearly 200 Missouri lineworkers have answered the call to help fellow electric cooperatives in need. Teams from 30 electric ...