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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved and paid more than $63 million to residents of Buncombe County in housing and financial assistance for Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA had paid a ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered mobile homes to Buncombe County as part of ongoing efforts to help victims of Helene. Video shared by the agency showed trailers ...
Tropical Storm Helene damaged over 11,000 homes in Buncombe County. Hundreds of residents are still displaced and living in hotels through FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.
FEMA representatives are no longer on site at the Buncombe County Helene Resource Center but state partners will be on site.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY- Over 14,000 applications have been approved by FEMA and over $12 million in disaster assistance has been dispersed to residents of Buncombe County, officials said Saturday morning.
She was turned down for FEMA." Meanwhile, another Buncombe County resident, Eric Peter, waits in line to apply for FEMA. He says he can't escape the pain of what others are enduring.
Hopes said other counties may receive mobile DRCs in the near future depending on the program’s success in Buncombe County. Hopes said FEMA is still accommodating the full spectrum of assistance ...
First Buncombe County family receives manufactured home from FEMA after Helene An additional 142 people in the county have qualified to receive a manufactured home. To stream WFMY News 2 on your ...
The county had an unemployment rate of 4.7% ... Helene landslide stabilization 'unprecedented' for FEMA; Buncombe Co. to create model Will Hofmann is the Growth and Development Reporter for the ...
Buncombe County officials said they were working on developing a model for Western North Carolina to repair major, multi-property landslides. Stabilization for landslides may be paid through FEMA's ...
As the TSA program has wound down, rental assistance through FEMA has increased. Buncombe County receiving rental assistance from the agency increased from 263 households on Jan. 1 to 994 on Feb. 18.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY- Over 14,000 applications have been approved by FEMA and over $12 million in disaster assistance has been dispersed to residents of Buncombe County, officials said Saturday morning.