President Joe Biden called elected officials of states affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton to discuss their ongoing building and recovery process a month after Helene made landfall.
These phone calls follow White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall’s Oct. 26 visit to North Carolina to coordinate the ongoing recovery with Gov. Roy Cooper, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and philanthropic partners. While the calls were closed to members of the press, the White House released a press release outlining the federal government’s progress.
The White House announced on Oct. 28 that nearly 5,000 federal personnel remain in North Carolina and Florida, working with state and local officials. It also confirmed that, up until that day, the Biden administration had approved more than $2.1 billion in federal assistance for those affected by both hurricanes, which includes more than $1 billion for individual and family assistance for home repairs, property replacement, and other recovery efforts….