Nearly 400 miles from where Hurricane Helene made landfall, the North Carolina mountain hamlet of Chimney Rock Village has been all but wiped off the map.

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.

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.

A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height through erosion and crust rebound, linking ...

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 ...

Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville Monday after it was almost ...

Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push ...