Across the Southeast, FEMA continues to work closely with all federal as well as state, tribal and local officials to coordinate and respond to the impacts of Hurricane Helene. 

Anticipating a huge need for additional federal resources – the Biden and Harris Administration have granted Emergency Declarations for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina – and also, Tennessee to assist with various response efforts, in the aftermath of the storms

The FEMA National Response Coordination Center which is located in Washington, D.C. and the Regional Response Coordination Center in Atlanta are activated around the clock in order to coordinate moving personnel, commodities and response assets as needed.

Summary of additional efforts to date:

• Both FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell – as well as Region 4 Administrator Robert Samaan are assessing the damaged areas with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials.
• More than 3,200 FEMA staff and federal partners are deployed and assisting with the Hurricane Helene response efforts.
• The search and rescue teams, and swift water rescue assets, are continuing life-saving missions in Florida, Georgia and in North Carolina, completing more than 600 rescues so far.  Additional teams are deployed to South Carolina and Tennessee – in order to assist state response efforts.
• Also FEMA teams are embedded with state and local partners at Emergency Operation Centers, to facilitate requests for federal support.

We’ll update this story as information becomes available. 

(Compiled Sources)