Dozens of FEMA homes and travel trailers sit empty near Hickory Regional Airport, while over 2,700 families remain in motels in western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.

President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a Friday visit to Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina.

Western North Carolina's Congressman, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, has been asked by President Trump to help overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thanks to his appointment to a newly created FEMA task force.

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Promising to bring congressional fiscal help and hammering away at FEMA, second-term Republican President Donald Trump’s first domestic trip led off Friday talking to residents in

But he also acknowledged that FEMA, while greatly helpful, isn’t a cure-all for Western North Carolina. “A lot of people feel like FEMA is supposed to be the answer to all our problems,” he ...

President Donald Trump on Monday announced the deployment of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to North Carolina to assist with repairing riverbanks and roads damaged by Hurricane Helene.

In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.

Thousands remain without a home after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina nearly four months ago.

FEMA still has 11 Disaster Recovery Centers open in North Carolina, which have served 60,950 individuals so far.

Donald Trump will stop in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first trip of his second term. Follow along for live updates.