Images taken by National Park Service crews assessing damage from Tropical Storm Helene along the Blue Ridge Parkway illustrate just how devastating the storm was.

Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim facilities will begin day-use operations on October 16.

Damage assessments and recovery work is slow going in national park units from North Carolina to Georgia that were hard hit by Tropical Storm Helene.

Overhead, turkey vultures and hawks circle looking for prey. Underfoot, snakes, salamanders and turtle hatchlings do their best to stay hidden. All around, young trees — thousands of them — dot the landscape of what was once a rock quarry and is now part of a project to plant two billion trees across Canada.