TAMPA, Fla. – A major hurricane had not struck the Tampa Bay area directly in more than a century. That streak ended abruptly last year with back-to-back storms, leaving behind destruction from which ...

Geospatial mapping and community surveys are helping planners better understand how social vulnerability shaped disaster impacts and recovery after Hurricane Helene, according to a community ...

North Carolina has been allocated $1.4 billion for Hurricane Helene relief from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. More than half of that is earmarked for single-family homes. Yet ...

Helene Schjerfbeck, "Self-Portrait" (1912), oil on canvas (photo Finnish National Gallery / Yehia Eweis, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art; all other photos Bridget Quinn/Hyperallergic unless ...

In Nordic countries, Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) is acclaimed as her native Finland’s greatest painter. On this side of the Atlantic, her name usually elicits a puzzled “Who?” The Metropolitan ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina (WNC) on the morning of September 27, 2024, causing more than 100 deaths, catastrophic damage to the area. Homes and highways were ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — One year after Hurricane Helene, it is hard to come up with a simple answer when asked, “How’s Asheville?” There is recovery, with some infrastructure rebuilt, businesses open and ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. – Rose Senehi made her way along the gravel path to a spot where three wicker rocking chairs perched on a jagged bluff above the Rocky Broad River. The 87-year-old author has spent ...

As darkness fell on Sept. 26, 2024, Joey Fountain was hunkered down inside his home in Mount Vernon, about halfway between Macon and Brunswick. For days Fountain, the mayor of the town of 1,900 in ...

Hurricane Helene delivered a painful message about hurricane dangers to millions during its terrifying trek a year ago. Tropical cyclones are far from just a coastal threat, wreaking deadly and ...