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Impact Plastics owner and managers won't face charges in Hurricane Helene deaths
The TBI found Impact Plastics owner Gerald O'Connor dismissed employees Sept. 27 with enough time and when there were ...
Impact Plastics cleared of criminal wrongdoing in workers' deaths following TBI investigation, DA says
Six employees died after catastrophic flooding from Helene. DA Steven Finney said no charges will be filed after the TBI ...
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Residents sound off on devastating ongoing impacts from Hurricane Helene: 'Silence is no longer survivable'
"The consequences of inaction are severe." Residents sound off on devastating ongoing impacts from Hurricane Helene: 'Silence ...
Health leaders release names of more than 100 victims killed by Hurricane Helene in NC
The North Carolina Department of Health confirmed 108 storm-related deaths from Hurricane Helene.
DA: TBI investigators find no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in Impact Plastics employee deaths
The case is being closed, and no further action will be taken,” First Judicial District Attorney Steven Finney said.
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NC list of Helene casualties updated to include trucker and missing man from Tennessee
In one case, a truck driver delivering recovery construction supplies died in a road accident in June. The Hurricane Helene ...
Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
Jennifer Berry Hawes ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a ...
4 people have died from flesh-eating bacteria in Florida: Who is at risk?
Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and is ...
A look at some of the deadliest floods in the U.S. in the last 25 years
Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, and flash ...
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Flash floods are the nation's top storm-related killer: These are the deadliest in recent years
Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The storm crashed into the Gulf Coast and caused devastating flooding when levees failed in New Orleans, where people ...
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What hurricane season was like the year you were born
In late September, Hurricane Helene became one of the most intense and destructive of the season, causing $11 million in damage in North Carolina, though it caused no fatalities. Donald Uhrbrock ...