Response Operations Remain Underway Across Southeast Following Impacts of Helene

WASHINGTON - The response across southeastern states affected by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Helene continues to address critical needs of survivors. This includes search and rescue operations, power and communications restoration and delivering food and water.

Local, state, private, faith-based and nonprofit resources complement the federal family to provide urgent care and extensive support in all six states receiving presidential disaster declarations.

President Biden has approved federal disaster assistance that is available for survivors in designated counties in Florida, GeorgiaNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Survivors may apply for assistance in three ways: online by visiting disasterassistance.gov, calling 800-621-3362 or on the FEMA App.

Survivors may receive upfront funds to help with essential items like food, water, baby formula and other emergency supplies. Funds may also be available to repair storm-related damage to homes and personal property, as well as assistance to find a temporary place to stay.

These photos highlight response and recovery efforts across affected states impacted by the storm.

Asheville, N.C. - (Oct. 2, 2024) Urban Search and Rescue Team member Ellen McGarry, a canine handler from Missouri Task Force One, and her dog Tad support emergency operations in Western North Carolina on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. Greenville, S.C. - (Oct. 2, 2024) - Senior FEMA Official Willie Nunn visits Greenville, South Carolina to examine the damage caused by Hurricane Helene. Augusta, Ga. - (Oct. 3, 2024) - Vice President Harris along with Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson, and FEMA Deputy Administrator Eric Hooks help distribute food and supplies to Hurricane Helene survivors in Augusta, Georgia. Suwannee, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2024) - The FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance team provides disaster assistance to survivors who lost their homes in Suwannee, Florida, following the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Helene. Suwannee, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2024) - The FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance team sets up space for a Multi-Agency Resource Center in Suwannee, Florida, following Hurricane Helene. The center will accommodate state and local agencies to provide survivors with a one-stop-shop for disaster assistance.GAFFNEY, South Carolina - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Daniels, a power production technician with the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, cuts downed trees to assist with debris removal in Gaffney, South Carolina. (photo credit: U.S. Air National Guard) NASHVILLE - U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Nickelson, a member of the 118th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, loads traffic cones onto a flatbed. (photo credit: U.S. Air National Guard) Asheville, N.C. - (Oct. 2, 2024) - Members of the New Jersey Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team conduct operations across Buncombe County in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. They are one of 28 federal teams ready to deploy at all times.

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