A billion-dollar federal project is clearing Helene flooding debris. One worksite is on the Catawba River, just across from ...

McDowell County was hit Feb. 15 by the worst flood in its history. Besides devastating communities across the county, the flooding took the lives of three people, two legal guardians and a 2-year ...

WELCH, W.Va. (WCHS) — The nation's top Federal Emergency Management Agency official traveled to McDowell County Friday afternoon in response to the deadly, destructive flooding that hit there in ...

Nearly three weeks after record-setting flooding struck the southern West Virginia community of Welch in McDowell County, locals are still digging river mud out of basements and relying on donated ...

McDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginians are no stranger to adversity, so when devastation strikes from the heavy ...

Drift smoke from western North Carolina wildfires continues to affect McDowell County and the burn ban remains in effect. “Smoke is expected to intensify through Friday," reads a statement from ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — After severe weather and fatal flooding swept through West Virginia in February, all school districts in the state will open on Monday, officials said. McDowell County ...

welch – One of West Virginia’s senators and FEMA’s acting administrator stopped Friday in McDowell County to see recovery ... last February’s devastating flood and learn how the federal ...