DURHAM, N.C. — FEMA has approved $41.5 million to reimburse North Carolina Emergency Management for emergency response activities during Hurricane Florence, the N.C. Department of Public Safety said Friday.
The hurricane struck the eastern part of our state last September, leaving widespread flooding and damage.
Emergency response efforts included search and rescue costs, setting up emergency staging areas, operating emergency shelters throughout the state, running four emergency operations center, evacuating people, and making emergency purchases.
The money approved by FEMA will help reimburse the costs of many of those efforts.
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