Ellenboro News

Angie McCraw looks through piles of debris where a home once stood on Piney Mountain Road in Ellenboro.

A few weeks ago, several homes on Piney Mountain Church Road in Ellenboro, North Carolina were destroyed by a rare winter tornado.

People in Ellenboro are cleaning up after a tornado tore through the town two weeks ago.

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that financial assistance is available for survivors of the tornadoes that struck Burke and Rutherford counties last week.

The Owls Nest Sports Lounge in Forest City will host a free benefit concert today.

Helping Tornado Victims: Several families lost their home and belongings in the devastating tornado that hit Ellenboro last week.

Dozens of volunteers are helping the victims of last week's tornado in Rutherford County.

Weather officials confirm there was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina this week, flinging mobile homes into valleys, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people.

RALEIGH Gov. Bev Perdue is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide low-interest loans to residents of Burke and Rutherford counties who suffered losses from last week's tornadoes.