Chimney Rock volunteer firefighter John Payne saw what he estimated was a 30-foot-high wall of water, tossing car-sized ...

The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are the highest expanse of land on the planet, with the plateau generally being 13,000 ...

Every now and then, I get a bug up my butt to drive long distances. Part of the motivation is to see forest types that I don’t normally get to ...

The overlook remains sacred to the nearby Prairie Island Indian Community, which has been working with the town to improve ...

Hurricane Helene is among the deadliest and most costly hurricanes to strike the United States in a generation, a storm that ...

The confirmed death toll in Buncombe County, North Carolina, where hard-hit Asheville is located, climbed to 40 on Monday.

The world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in part to the merger of two nearby river systems tens of ...

Mount Everest has been the tallest mountain in the world, likely for millions of years, but a groundbreaking study has uncovered a surprising reason why it's getting even taller.

The persistent process of erosion is powerful enough to cause the world’s most intimidating mountain range to rise slowly up ...

We’re gathering what we know of the damage in each county in Western North Carolina. Here is an evolving snapshot of Helene’s ...