President Joe Biden’s Administration approved pre-landfall emergency declarations for Florida, Georgia and North Carolina before Hurricane Helene’s landfall in Florida.
These declarations enable FEMA to provide federal resources to the states for emergency protective measures like reimbursement for evacuations and sheltering and aid initial response and recovery efforts.
FEMA urges people in the path of Hurricane Helene to take immediate action to protect themselves as the storm approaches.
Hurricane Helene is expected to continue strengthening and bring life-threatening storm surges and hurricane conditions to Florida starting today. There is also the risk of dangerous flash flooding in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
