Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to North Carolina on Saturday to tour the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.
Ms. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will survey the impact of Hurricane Helene and receive an on-the-ground briefing about recovery efforts that are going on across the state. She will also provide updates on the federal government’s recovery efforts, according to the White House.
Details of the visit were not disclosed, but she is expected to tour the hard-hit western part of the state, where the town of Asheville was devastated by the storm.
Earlier this week, Ms. Harris visited Georgia and surveyed the damage. She promised residents that the federal government would help pay for the recovery effort. She said the federal government would cover 100% of the cost of debris removal and other emergency protective measures for three months.
“The president and I have been paying close attention from the beginning to what we need to do to make sure the federal resources hit the ground as quickly as possible,” she said.
North Carolina is one of the seven battleground states that will decide whether Ms. Harris or former President Donald Trump is the next president. A Quinnipiac poll released earlier this week but conducted before Helene hit found that Mr. Trump has a 2-point advantage in the state, but that’s well within the margin of error.
President Biden on Wednesday visited North Carolina and got an aerial tour of the extensive damage in Asheville, North Carolina.
“I’m here to say the United States — the nation — has your back,” Mr. Biden said at an emergency command center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.
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