Secretary Noem assesses Helene recovery in Asheville, vows support
The Secretary of Homeland Security stopped in Asheville to get an update on water and recovery efforts and to follow up on families recovering through the FEMA ...
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits Helene survivors in western North Carolina
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visitedAsheville, North Carolina on Saturday to see how the city is recovering from ...
About 1.2 million cubic yards of debris cleared in NC after Hurricane Helene
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Nearly 1.2 million cubic yards of debris have been cleared from North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane ...
Helene survivors in NC get Red Cross support with financial assistance sites until Feb. 18
The American Red Cross was in Clyde United Methodist Church on Friday, Feb. 7 providing financial assistance to those ...
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$18 million in FEMA aid given to people in McDowell County, deadline to apply extended
The deadline for those applications has been extended. More than $361 million in FEMA financial assistance has been approved for 153,000 families in North Carolina, including money for rent, basic ...
Months after Helene, western North Carolina still rebuilding
Closing in on five months since Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, the area is far from being rebuilt. Insurance claims are being processed, and the federal government has done the ...
The Indianapolis Star14d
Cocke County government looks for opportunities while slowly rebuilding after Helene
As the floodwaters receded from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in late September, county Mayor Rob Mathis saw an opportunity. The stretch of road that generates over $400,000 annually ...
The Herald-Sun15d
NC’s new governor: Stein, Trump and the Helene recovery
Trump, right, with a cross memento during the former president’s tour of damage caused in Swannanoa, NC area by Hurricane Helene on Monday, October 21, 2024. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver ...
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Businesses in downtown Newport are seeing more traffic and fewer customers after Hurricane Helene
NEWPORT, Tennessee — Newport business owners said more cars are traveling downtown after Hurricane Helene, and that increased traffic is turning potential customers away. Candace Campbell owns a ...
WFMY News216d
Helene victims in western North Carolina optimistic after President Trump's visit
With freezing temperatures and some people still without a roof over their heads or heat to keep them warm, many people in western NC are still suffering. Hurricane Helene ripped through the state ...
USA Today16d
'Horrific': North Carolina victims of Hurricane Helene describe disaster to President Trump
Survivors of Hurricane ... had,” West said. “Didn’t even have a brush for like three days.” Pastor Ramona Nix said she had only dedicated her Eagle Rock Church a week before Helene swept ...
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Trump disparaged FEMA in NC. Here’s what the agency did during Hurricane Helene.
On a visit Friday to Hurricane Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina, President Donald Trump called for the potential elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s role is to ...