Sawmills near areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene are clearing forests of debris that could become wildfire fuel. The effort could boost domestic timber production.

Hurricane Helene, Category 4, came across Georgia in late September. It brought severe winds, heavy rain, surges of 15-20 feet and mass flooding. Helene caused 220 deaths total, 37 of them in Georgia.

The first tropical storm of 2025 is expected to form in the Pacific, not the Atlantic. The Pacific storm, likely to be named Alvin, has a 100% chance of forming within 48 hours of May 28.

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

The waterfront restaurant site, like many others along the Florida Gulf Coast, was hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton last year, not to mention Hurricane Ian in 2022. Helene and Milton last ...