The small, 200-year-old community of Junaluska near Boone in the Watauga County struggles after Tropical Storm Helene.

Cuba is reeling after a powerful Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and fierce winds knocked out the country’s power grid.

However, no hurricane warnings were in place, and the storm was expected to weaken and “meander” over the center of the Gulf through early next week. The hurricane tore through Jamaica and the Cayman ...