The National Weather Service said Helene had cleared most of the Western North Carolina area by 11:21 a.m. Friday, but significant impacts including serious flooding were expected to continue into the weekend. Numerous areas and cities along the French Broad River are experiencing flooding and the river continues to rise.

Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record.

Life won't soon be the same for communities in North Carolina's mountains after Tropical Storm Helene. Heartbreak in the hills: The French Broad and Swannanoa rivers swept through Asheville's well-known Biltmore Village and River Arts District.

The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached at least 44. Helene has left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. The Category 4 hurricane

FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being praised as a hero after rescuing a woman from her car during a live shot as Hurricane Helene floodwaters rapidly rose.

Hurricane Helene. The disaster ravaged the southeastern regions of the United States. "It looks like a bomb went off," residents report. "It looks like a tornado hit, like a bomb went off," recounted