FEMA announced that along with Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties, federal aid would be available for those affected by Hurricane Helene in the following counties: Charlotte, Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Sarasota, Taylor and Wakulla counties.

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Trump maintains Georgia’s Republican governor has had trouble making contact with Biden, even after being told that wasn’t true.

The Biden administration says it is surging resources to communities devastated by Hurricane Helene. Southeastern states are reeling from catastrophic damage caused by the storm. President Joe Biden talked with the heads of multiple federal agencies on Tuesday about the recovery efforts.

The death toll from a devastating storm that battered the southeastern United States climbed to at least 130 on Monday, as the disaster became a hot topic in an already bitter election campaign, with the White House angrily refuting claims it had been slow to respond.

President Joe Biden says the federal government will be with survivors and others in the nations southeast affected by Helene for as long as it takes. Biden says he intends to travel to North Carolina to survey storm damage later this week.

The death toll from a devastating storm that battered the southeastern United States has reached at least 130, as the disaster became a hot topic in an already bitter election campaign.