President Biden has granted Governor Roy Cooper’s request for a Federal Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Helene providing immediate federal help for 25 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
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Presidente Biden autorizó la Declaración Federal de Desastre Mayor, solicitada por Gob. Roy Cooper debido a la Tormenta Tropical Helene; provee ayuda federal inmediata a 25 condados de NC y a Franja Este de Nativos Cherokee.
El Presidente Biden ha autorizado la solicitud de Declaración Federal de Desastre Mayor, hecha por el Gob. Cooper debido a la Tormenta Tropical Helene; se proveerá asistencia federal inmediata a 25 condados de NC y a la Franja Este de los Nativos Cherokee.
President Biden has granted Governor Roy Cooper’s request for a Federal Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Helene providing immediate federal help for 25 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Search and rescue operations remain underway in communities across Western North Carolina and supplies are being brought into the region by air following devastating impacts from Tropical Storm Helene. More than 200 people have been rescued from flood waters in North Carolina following Helene’s torrential rains.
Governor Roy Cooper has requested a Major Disaster Declaration from the federal government for North Carolina for 38 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for federal Public Assistance and Individual Assistance in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene.