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Hurricane Helene Battered the ‘Salamander Capital of the World’ With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?

Alexa Robles-Gil Daily Correspondent When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 inches of rain, according to local resident Jessica Valky-Bryant. The swollen creek then went over its banks, flooding and destroying Valky-Bryant’s private road. Trees and mud puddles were everywhere. “In the […]

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Politics

Trump and Harris make their final pitch

In the final, frenetic days of the 2024 campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are crisscrossing the country, keeping up a dizzying schedule of rallies, public appearances and media interviews as they make their final pitch to voters in critical swing states. Trump is campaigning aggressively in North Carolina, with three weekend […]

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Politics

The “dirty side” of a hurricane, explained

The “dirty side” of a hurricane refers to the part of the storm that usually brings the highest impacts: the greatest winds, greatest tornado risk, and greatest storm surge and flooding. In the case of Atlantic hurricanes, which rotate counterclockwise, the “dirty side” is on the right — where the winds are moving in the […]

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Politics

Why Hurricane Oscar could lead to ‘humanitarian crisis’

Hurricane Oscar is expected to make landfall in Cuba on Sunday as the island faces an existing power crisis, adding to fears that Oscar may prove to be especially dangerous. Oscar, a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph as of Sunday morning, already passed through the Southeastern Bahamas, according to the […]

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Science

After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold

After Milton made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in western Florida last week, some residents who evacuated the area are now returning to discover water damage in their homes. And they may soon find something else: mold. Mold can begin to grow as soon as 24 to 48 hours after moisture exposure. And Florida’s […]

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Business & Finance

Wall Street Optimism Sends S&P 500 To Another Record

This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletteryou can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here. Good morning, Private equity is betting big on an unexpected place: Big Sky, Montana. In addition to the exclusive Yellowstone Club, which Forbes featured recently, Boston real estate investment firm CrossHarbor Capital made two acquisitions […]

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Lifestyle & Culture

After Hurricane Helene, East Fork Pottery and Asheville Artists Set a Course Forward

Look inside the kitchen cabinets of influencers like Emily Mariko or chef and writer Samin Nosrat, and you’ll find East Fork Pottery’s signature thick-rimmed, contemporary wares, offered in an array of poetically named proprietary glazes (the seasonal burgundy is “wine dark sea”; a speckled earth tone is “morel”). Launched in 2009 by Alex Matisse, the […]

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Politics

From The Pulpit, Harris Calls Out Trump For Hurricane Misinformation

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this month to survey storm damage. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, did not […]

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