Hurricane season

A tropical depression has formed over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Saturday. 

More Connecticut National Guard soldiers are answering the call for help from North Carolina, which has asked for more assistance with Hurricane Helene disaster response.

More Connecticut National Guard soldiers are answering the call for help from North Carolina, which has asked for more assistance with Hurricane Helene disaster response, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. The Connecticut National Guard’s Bravo Company, 2-104th Aviation, 1-169th Aviation Regiment have sent one additional CH-47 Chinook helicopter, one UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, and an aircrew of 16 soldiers to...

Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ is holding a fundraiser in New Haven to support World Central Kitchen as it provides free meals for people affected by the devastation from Hurricane Helene. The fundraiser will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the New Haven location on 470 James St., from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ in Asheville, N.C....

The owners of the Groton Bowling Center are collecting donations to get to victims affected by the devastation from Helene. 

People in Connecticut are helping so many recover from the devastation caused by Helene.

People in Connecticut are helping so many recover from the devastation caused by Helene. They’re doing everything from rescuing survivors to helping provide needed items for those who have lost so much. Seeing the destruction in North Carolina hits close to home for Richard and Bethany Hurne. “They’re stuck dealing with losing homes, losing personal items, all that, possibly...

In the midst of the devastating destruction left by the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina, human connections are giving the survivors hope in western North Carolina.

Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene.

President Joe Biden surveyed the devastation in North and South Carolina on Wednesday as rescuers continued their search for anyone still unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast and killed at least 183 people.

Exhausted emergency crews worked around the clock to clear roads, restore power and phone service, and reach those still stranded by the storm, which killed at least 134 people in six states.

The American Red Cross is sending more help to southern states that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.  

In western North Carolina, where more than 40 people have died, some residents say the government was unprepared for the storm.

A dire situation still unfolding across the southeast. Four days after Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a category 4 hurricane, millions are without power, there’s a lack of water and fuel and food is scarce. And people from our state are heading south to try to help.  “Our help and our scope of assistance isn’t...

Groups from Connecticut are traveling to southern states to provide assistance after Hurricane Helen caused devastation. 

Matthew Heller went live on TikTok as water started rushing in. At one point, 30,000 people joined, and the video garnered more than 3 million likes. 

The Connecticut National Guard have been tapped to help in storm Helene recovery efforts.

The Connecticut National Guard have been tapped to help in storm Helene recovery efforts. Soldiers are on their way to North Carolina in a CH-47 helicopter. The National Guard says they’ll be there for one week. “Moving personnel around disaster area, if the need arises, as well as moving around commodities like food water supplies things of that nature,” said...

A Connecticut National Guard unit has been deployed to help with Helene disaster response and relief efforts in North Carolina, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a five-member flight crew from the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 1-169th Aviation Regiment left from Windsor Locks Friday morning heading to North Carolina. Helene made landfall as a Category...

Tropical Storm Helene hit Florida as a hurricane before being downgraded to a tropic storm and heading north. Travelers from Connecticut said they are heading down now that the storm has passed.