Your Phones and Computers Rely on This Remote North Carolina Mine. Helene Just Walloped It.
Those mines are now closed indefinitely, after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of water on Spruce Pine, devastating the area.
North Carolina county debunks rumors of 'bodies everywhere' and government seizures in storm-ravaged town
Rutherford County in western North Carolina debunked rumors this week about the mountain village of Chimney Rock that claimed ...
Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
Nearly 400 miles from where Hurricane Helene made landfall, the North Carolina mountain hamlet of Chimney Rock Village has ...
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Hurricane Helene Shutters ‘Critical’ Quartz Mines That Power the World’s Electronics, Solar Panels and A.I.
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been ...
Video shows Chimney Rock completely destroyed as Helene unleashes catastrophic flooding across North Carolina
Complete devastation has been unfolding in North Carolina as Hurricane Helene unleashed days of flooding. Images from Chimney ...
Why Kamala Harris says we need a national reserve for critical minerals
Kamala Harris wants to help secure steady supplies of cobalt, lithium, and nickel as she pursues a re-industrialization ...
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...
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Helene's flooding flattens Chimney Rock, NC: 'Everything along the river is gone'
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, east of Asheville Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out by flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
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Apocalyptic siren blares as Hurricane Helene ravages North Carolina village, video shows
Terrifying video captured apocalyptic sirens blaring as Hurricane Helene’s violent floodwaters ravaged a North Carolina Village ... across a yard in Chimney Rock, ripping pieces of a home ...
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American flag raised at Chimney Rock as symbol of hope as western North Carolina recovers from Helene
It’s a symbol of hope, as Chimney Rock State Park raised the American flag on Monday, just days after Helene brought flooding and devastation to Western North Carolina. “Despite the ...