Hurricane Helene Devastated a High-Quality Quartz Mining Town — Here's How It Affects Everything From Smartphones to Semiconductors
Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has most of the world's high-quality quartz, a mineral essential for the semiconductors used in smartphones, laptops, and AI chips.
Spruce Pine, which produces quartz needed for tech products, is devastated by Helene
Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday ahead of the storm that swept away whole communities.
A North Carolina mountain town is wrecked by Hurricane Helene
After Hurricane Helene, residents of Swannanoa, a mountain town in North Carolina, return to flattened homes, impassable roads and raw emotions.
Hurricane Helene: Inside the North Carolina mountain town nearly wiped off the map
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.
Hurricane Helene leaves the small town of Spruce Pine, NC overwhelmed with devastation
Videos like this serve as a harsh reminder of nature's brutality. Watch as Courtney takes her viewers on a quick trip through Spruce Pine, NC, after it was hit by Hurricane Helene. From muddy waters accumulating outside homes to various items found wrecked,
North Carolina mountain towns ‘forever changed’ by Hurricane Helene’s destruction
Mountainside North Carolina towns have been “forever changed” and cut off from the world by the wrath of Hurricane Helene — with residents calling the destruction “absolutely overwhelming.” “Chimney Rock is just destroyed,
'Lift up Spruce Pine' | Statesville community raising money for relief efforts after Helene
Over a week after Helene made landfall in the United States, the cleanup efforts continue in towns like Spruce Pine in the ...
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The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.
No power but only minor damage: Spruce Pine quartz mine owner updates Helene recovery
The Sibelco mine in North Carolina is one of the most crucial sites to the global production of semiconductors.
NC mom still trying to make direct contact with son in storm-ravaged Spruce Pine
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)– A Raleigh woman is still waiting for the ability to make direct contact with her son in Spruce Pine ...
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Past exit 86: Gaston Couple travels to Spruce Pine to lend a hand
Melissa and Jonah Greene traveled from their home in Belmont to check on family in Spruce Pine just days after Helene. This ...
‘Civilization is pretty much gone’ after Helene tears through Spruce Pine, NC
Ten feet of water left the place in ruins. The communication blackout leaves the community to guess at whether their friends ...
Spruce Pine still lacks power, water, cell service in NC mountains; neighbors pitch in to help after Helene
All of the buildings in Spruce Pine are filled with mud, and all the items inside are destroyed. On Friday, volunteers showed up to help.
Central Iowa medical personnel provide care to Hurricane Helene victims
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — A nurse and doctor from Central Iowa are providing medical care to victims affected by Hurricane Helene.
‘It’s a smaller Katrina’: Spruce Pine resident teams up with Tractor Food and Farm for makeshift grocery story
Charles Atkins shared what he's seen while driving around the mountain communities surrounding Spruce Pine: homes completely ...
'This is our livelihood': Mitchell County business owners face long road to recovery after storm Helene
Debris from inside many Spruce Pine businesses in Mitchell County now litters the streets, as they're completely gutted. One ...