Helene Recovery Numbers

Last updated April 29, 2025.

Disaster Recovery

Multi Agency Resource Centers (MARCs)
# Centers11
Total # Visitors3,666
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Funds Dispersed$37,822,574

Disaster survivors can also contact FEMA by calling 1-800-621-3362 to discuss their case.

Multi Agency Resource Center
Multi Agency Recovery Center Top Topics
HMGP Inquiries/Applications6
Debris Inquiries/Applications53
PRB Inquiries/Applications3
FEMA Assistance44
FEMA Appeals4
Housing/Shelter Inquiries1
Financial Inquiries/Unmet Needs3
Disaster Case Management Referrals19
SBA6

NCEM Disaster Case Management

ProgramReceived

 

DCM Applications Received

3,707

 

# Calls to Call Center

16,787

North Carolina Disaster Case Management (NC-DCM) is currently accepting applications for assistance. Survivors can apply online at ncdps.gov/helene/dcm or by calling (844) 746-2326 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Top Five Self-Identified Unmet Needs
Housing2,741
Financial2,439
Utilities1,356
Recovery Programs1,454
Food1,125

Housing

Transitional Sheltering Assistance (hotels/motels)

Households Checked In

17Households Checked Out13,310
FEMA Housing Support - Mobile Housing Units/Travel Trailers
Currently Licensed In206Vacated (Returned to Stable Housing)36

 

Washed out bridge after Helene

 

Individuals and Household Programs
# Households Receiving Rental Assistance5,360
$ Allocated for Rental Assistance$15,057,447
# Individual Assistance Program Applicants287,823
$ Individual Assistance Provided to Survivors $435,962,158

Roads and Bridges

FEMA Private Roads and Bridges
# of Projects Funded8,470
$ Individual Assistance Allocated$21,529,029

 

NCDOT Road Reopening for Tropical Storm Helene 2024

Washed out bridge

Debris Management

Debris Management
Cubic Yards Removed6,952,720
Cubic Yards Removed Waterways3,500,530
Debris pile