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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Damage and flooding along I-40 in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene (Courtesy of North Carolina Department of Transportation)

Hurricane Helene: Remembering what we lost

Reese Lile, Environment Editor September 27, 2025

On Sept. 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene decimated the Florida Big Bend Region, Tampa Bay and Fort Myers-Naples, as well as parts of the southeastern United States and southern Appalachian region. More than...

The inside of sophomore Zaina Singh’s parents’ gas station in Biltmore Village following Hurricane Helene. (Courtesy of Zaina Singh)

‘It’s all gone.’

Addison Schmidt and Mia Springer October 9, 2024

Many on Wake Forest’s campus are grappling with the effects of Hurricane Helene, which caused devastation across Appalachia over the weekend. For several students who call Asheville home, their families...

Asheville, N.C. was decimated by Hurricane Helene (Courtesy of Mike Stewart/Associated Press)

Forsyth County organizations aid recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina

Addison Schmidt, Environment Editor October 1, 2024

Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and upstate South Carolina over the weekend after making landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida on Thursday night. The storm...

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