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Rain expected early Thursday morning and over the weekend will be a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed to break drought conditions.

In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, an outlandish conspiracy theory about the Federal Emergency Management Agency that has percolated for decades started to reappear online. Now, the government agency is making one of its strongest pushes against the claim to date.

Milton’s tornadoes were part of an unusual trend this year: Hurricanes in the U.S. have produced an abnormally high number of strong twisters.

Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it. It’s an unheard-of amount of water that stunned experts.

The U.S. Southeast grappled Sunday with rising death tolls, a lack of vital supplies in isolated, flood-stricken areas and the widespread loss of homes and property while the devastating toll of Hurricane Helene became more clear and officials warned of a lengthy and difficult rebuild.

The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.

North Carolina’s governor says more than 200 people have been rescued. Others wait, trapped in their homes. With power lines and cell phone towers down, loved ones near and far cannot reach those in the hardest-hit areas. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards sat down with a Kaufman woman among those who found herself desperate for information.

More than 24 hours passed without any communication from Sarah Fivecoat’s mom and grandmother, who were waiting out the storm in Asheville, North Carolina.

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 58 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man and his dog during Hurricane Helene after their sailboat became disabled and began taking on water.

Hurricane Helene has weakened to a Tropical Storm over Georgia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson has the details.

Thunderstorms brought hail to parts of Collin and Dallas County early Wednesday.

The National Weather Service warned late Wednesday night that no one in Louisiana is out of the woods yet. The agency says the worst of the storm hasn’t hit many areas. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans focuses more on the damage and how some North Texans prepare to help.

Tropical Storm Francine, which developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night and make landfall Wednesday over Louisiana. By the end of the week, it is expected to weaken into a depression as it moves up the Mississippi Valley.

Tropical Storm Francine is expected to bring floods to Texas. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more. 

Francine is forecasted to become a Category 1 hurricane by Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know

All eyes are on the Gulf Coast and the strengthening Tropical Storm Francine. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has the preparations and how north Texans stand by to pitch in.

Tropical Storm Francine is forecasted to land near the Louisiana coast as a hurricane by Wednesday. By the end of the week, it is expected to weaken into a depression as it moves up the Mississippi Valley.

Thanks to extremely warm Gulf waters, Hurricane Francine strengthened into a Category 2 storm Wednesday before making landfall at about 5 p.m.

A tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane, the National Weather Service said Sunday.