ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WVLT) - Friday, President Trump took his first trip of his second term in office to tour two areas hit by disaster. Friday morning he will stop in Asheville, North Carolina to tour damage from Hurricane Helene.
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President Trump said Friday the disaster relief led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina has been disappointing, emphasizing that he would prefer states handle their own relief efforts.
"If there is going to be any snow, it will be mainly along the North Carolina-Tennessee border, as it turns to a northwest snow event behind the front on Sunday," Rehnberg said. "Asheville ...
Nearly four months later, people living in one of the areas hit hardest by Helene’s flooding are still struggling.
Friday, President Trump took his first trip of his second term in office to tour two areas hit by disaster. Trump has been critical of how Democratic leaders handled the disaster response in North Carolina,
President Donald Trump assailed the agency as he toured areas of North Carolina that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene.
President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. Trump said he would be signing an executive order “fundamentally reforming … or maybe getting rid” of the agency .
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer released a letter to Western North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24. In it, she addresses the catastrophic damage to the region, but also the progress. She outlines the money FEMA has approved for individual assistance and infrastructure repairs.