North Carolina, Hurricane Helene
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Pisgah National Forest, outside of Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few spots to catch a glimpse of this annual phenomenon.
For a variety of businesses in western N.C., a bustling summer tourism season is sorely needed to balance their books.
The quake hit around 9 a.m. local time, about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Residents in western North Carolina experienced tremors as a 4.1 magnitude earthquake originating in Tennessee sent seismic waves across the region. The quake, occurring just after 9 a.m. on Saturday,
Home to over 50 species of at-risk animals, the NCDEQ called the French Broad River basin "one of the most heavily altered" in Western NC.
“Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop by late this afternoon and continue into this evening. A few of these storms will become strong to severe with a risk of quarter-sized to egg-sized hail and damaging winds,” NWS officials said.
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A report released May 7 by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project lays out past and continuing damage to the local farming industry.