The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles carry a warning for western North Carolina: It could be next. Ironically, it’s a hurricane that has raised the fire risk. Hurricane Helene toppled trees over 820,000 acres of forest in western North Carolina in September. Now that debris could dry into kindling.

FEMA administrators warned on Sunday that some hurricane victims may soon lose access to their temporary housing.

The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden declared disasters and later increased the percentage of costs the federal government would absorb for emergency work to 100%.

You will likely hear nonstop coverage of the Los Angeles fires for months as North Carolina's hurricane victims slowly rebuild in silence.

Her question relates to a claim being spread around social media that the government is allegedly paying for 100% of the damage in California, but not in North Carolina. WBTV’s

FEMA isn't paying significantly more in immediate aid to Los Angeles fire victims than to Hurricane Helene survivors. That claim is satire.

President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office Monday, has been highly critical of California officials’ efforts to prevent such wildfires. He hasn’t threatened to take away any fire-related aid, though has threatened to withhold aid to the state in the past.

Nine disaster-trained volunteers from the American Red Cross of North Carolina are deploying to support disaster relief operations in California. With tens of thousands of individuals and families forced from their homes due to wildfires in Los Angeles,

Hydrants ran dry because the city’s infrastructure was not built to respond to fires so large. A change in water management would not have helped.

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters and emergency responders in Los Angeles are battling raging wildfires that have killed at least 24 people. Additional help has arrived from North Carolina to provide ...

Steve Belichick, UNC's defensive coordinator, held the same position last year with the Huskies. With his arrival to the Tar Heels, North Carolina has three incoming transfers from Washington, including Waters. The Tar Heels' highest-rated outgoing transfer this offseason has been OT Howard Sampson (Texas Tech).