Posts Tagged ‘Hurricane Helene’
Appalachian Voices celebrates Congress passing year-end victories for Appalachian communities
Congress passed a stopgap funding measure that includes $100 billion in disaster relief and will keep the federal government open through March 2025. President Joe Biden will sign the funding package into law, along with the bipartisan Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 passed by Congress this week.
Read MoreStatement from Appalachian Voices on Biden Administration request for $98 billion in disaster funding
Today, the Biden administration sent a request to Congress for $98 billion in supplemental disaster funding to recover from Hurricane Helene, as well as Hurricane Milton and other disasters across the country since 2022.
Read MoreHurricane Helene Hammers Northeast Tennessee
The Appalachian Voice will look at damage and recovery efforts in the region over the months and years to come. We start that look with Northeast Tennessee.
Read MoreMaking sense of the federal disaster declaration process for Hurricane Helene
This blog is meant to explain the process for a presidential disaster declaration and what this all means for your community, and to answer several common questions we’re seeing.
Read MoreDozens of organizations call on Congress to return to fund FEMA in wake of Hurricane Helene
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 8, 2024 CONTACTTrey Pollard, 202-904-9187, trey@pollardcommunications.comDan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org As the Southeast United States works to recover from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Helene, the deadliest storm to strike the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is warning that it does not have…
Read MoreAppalachian Voices calls on Congress to approve disaster relief funding for Helene damage
The storm and associated flooding, landslides, downed trees and power outages have caused widespread damage in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia.
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