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.
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper traveled to Western North Carolina where he was joined by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, NCDOT Secretary Joey Hopkins, NCDPS Secretary Eddie Buffaloe, NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley, and NC Emergency Management Officials to assess storm damage and ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Helene.
Gob. Roy Cooper viajó hoy al oeste de NC, donde se le unió la administradora de FEMA, Deanne Criswell; el secretario de NCDOT, Joey Hopkins; el secretario de NCDPS, Eddie Buffaloe; el secretario de NCDHHS, Kody Kinsley, y también con funcionarios de NCEM para evaluar los daños por la tormenta y los esfuerzos de respuesta continua ante el Huracán Helene.
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.
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.
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.
Gob. Roy Cooper solicitó al gobierno federal emisión de Declaración de Desastre Mayor para NC en 38 condados y la Franja Este de Nativos Cherokee; se busca obtener Asistencia Pública Federal y Asistencia Individual luego de la Tormenta Tropical Helene.
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.