North Carolina's 'own Hurricane Katrina'

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Cars in a flooded area at a used tire dealer along Business Highway 25 after Hurricane Helene in Hendersonville, N.C. Saturday, September 28, 2024.

The storm caused massive power outages, prompting search and rescue deployments as many flooded-out residents are left without power or food.

The French Broad River reached over 16 feet by 11 am on Sept. 27, flooding most of the River Arts District, seen here from the Haywood Road bridge.
 

Asheville family may have lost everything to Helene flooding

 

The Gray family of Asheville fears they've lost everything to Tropical Storm Helene, which flooded their East Asheville home.

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Flood waters from the French Broad River cover the River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
 

Helene flooding is 'catastrophic natural disaster' in Western NC

 

Helene, now a weakened post-tropical cyclone, left chaos and destruction across the Southeast. A damage estimate said the storm will cost billions.

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Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah carry his pictures as they gather in Sidon, following his killing in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, Lebanon September 28, 2024.
 

Hezbollah leader's death 'measure of justice' for victims, says Biden

 

Biden's statement on Saturday noted Israel's airstrikes are taking place in the 'broader context of the conflict' tied to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

In this photo illustration, packages of Skittles sit on a table on May 30, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. California lawmakers are considering a law banning five chemical food additives because of health concerns, including the coloring agent used in Skittles candy.
 

Studies linking food dyes to ADHD spur efforts to ban food coloring

 

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz serves ice cream to visitors at the Dairy Barn in the Minnesota State Fair on Sept. 1, 2024 in Falcon Heights, Minn.
 

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The Democratic VP nominee is pitching voters with his working-class background but faces a test in a battleground state accustomed to 'Midwest nice.'

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