Biden Admin Provides Hurricane Recovery Update 1 Month After Helene

Roughly 2,000 National Guardsmen are still mobilized for Hurricane Helene response across seven states, according to the White House.

Flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River, in Asheville, N.C., on Oct. 3, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

President Joe Biden called elected officials of states affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton to discuss their ongoing building and recovery process a month after Helene made landfall.

These phone calls follow White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall’s Oct. 26 visit to North Carolina to coordinate the ongoing recovery with Gov. Roy Cooper, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and philanthropic partners. Although the calls were closed to members of the press, the White House released a statement outlining the federal government’s progress.