Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s Way

By Ren Larson, ProPublica · September 28, 2026

This past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, which claimed more than 250 lives — 108 in North Carolina — and left hundreds of thousands of people without power for days to weeks. In Asheville, the largest city in the western part of the state, the storm left residents without drinking water…