Zoya Teirstein

A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina.

"We thought we were in this climate change haven."

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Each day at 10 in the morning, more than a dozen people gather outside Gold’s Gym just south of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. After organizing themselves into groups — Spanish speakers in one, for example, and those with medical skills in […]

A potable water shortage and a toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants that Hurricane Helene's flooding left behind have prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina

Brittany Powell moved from the Bay Area to Vermont in 2016, just as wildfire smoke was becoming a regular summertime occurrence in California. She watched in horror from afar as friends and family living in her home state fled wildfires made larger and more intense by climate change-driven drought.

What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the election.

photo of After Hurricane Helene’s Destruction, Voters in Key Swing States Are Showing Up in Force image Record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina highlights the storm’s impact and the high stakes of the election.

Record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina highlights the storm's impact and the high stakes of the election.

In a special Election Day edition of State of Emergency, Zoya Teirstein reports from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Voters showed up in droves to cast their ballots, navigating last-minute polling changes spurred by hurricanes Helene and Milton