Hurricane Recovery

We get an update on recovery efforts in western North Carolina from the devastation of Hurricane Helene — and a look at what the summer tourist season looks like.

We get an update on recovery efforts in western North Carolina from the devastation of Hurricane Helene — and a look at what the summer tourist season looks like.

The North Carolina state budget signed by the governor Thursday spends $800 million over the next two years on disaster recovery, flood prevention and other needs related to more intense storms and climate change.

Hickory native Ashley Wright runs a wedding business in Puerto Rico, but Hurricane Maria's destruction has her back in North Carolina for a while. She…

These resources were excerpted from this post on NPR.org.Back-to-back natural disasters in Mexico and across the Caribbean have left millions of people…

A flattened Puerto Rico and how Washington is looking out—or not—for the U.S. territory.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp about the recovery effort there after back-to-back hurricanes.

The Caribbean after Irma. We’ll look at devastated islands and the way forward.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Tiphanie Yanique, an author from the Virgin Islands, about the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and the history of the region.

Hurricane Irma destroyed much of the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas. Those who remain on the island are trying to figure out how to clean up and rebuild their homes and their livelihoods.