Helene Recovery Numbers

Last updated April 15, 2025.

Disaster Recovery

Multi Agency Resource Centers (MARCs)
# Centers11
Total # Visitors210
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Funds Dispersed$35,716,385

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/Applications14
Debris Inquiries/Applications93
PRB Inquiries/Applications12
FEMA Assistance90
FEMA Appeals24
Housing/Shelter Inquiries4
Financial Inquiries/Unmet Needs5
Disaster Case Management Referrals26
SBA15

NCEM Disaster Case Management

ProgramReceived

 

DCM Applications Received

3,559

 

# Calls to Call Center

15,385

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
Housing2,647
Financial2,389
Utilities1,359
Recovery Programs1,374
Food1,133

Housing

Transitional Sheltering Assistance (hotels/motels)

Households Checked In

129Households Checked Out13,187
FEMA Housing Support - Mobile Housing Units/Travel Trailers
Currently Licensed In214Vacated (Returned to Stable Housing)27

 

Washed out bridge after Helene

 

Individuals and Household Programs
# Households Receiving Rental Assistance5,169
$ Allocated for Rental Assistance$14,457,809
# Individual Assistance Program Applicants287,666
$ Individual Assistance Provided to Survivors $427,854,560

Roads and Bridges

FEMA Private Roads and Bridges
# of Projects Funded8,166
$ Individual Assistance Allocated$20,919,874

 

NCDOT Road Reopening for Tropical Storm Helene 2024

Washed out bridge

Debris Management

Debris Management
Cubic Yards Removed6,624,840
Cubic Yards Removed Waterways2,599,447
Debris pile