NORTH CAROLINA, USA — If you are out and about this weekend, you may see flags at half-staff.
Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be at half-staff from sunrise on Oct. 26 to sunset on Oct. 27 to mark one month since Hurricane Helene struck and to remember those in North Carolina who were killed by the storm.
“Today we remember those who lost their lives to this terrible and powerful storm and we mourn with their loved ones,” Cooper said. “Hurricane Helene has forever changed lives, communities and our entire state. The losses are heartbreaking, but the determination to rebuild Western North Carolina is even stronger and we must continue to work together to recover.”
Helene dumped between 11 and 31 inches of rain across western North Carolina in less than 48 hours and caused more than 500 landslides across the mountains. The storm devastated many communities in western North Carolina and damaged tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region.
Cooper said there have been 40 counties in North Carolina that have received a federal disaster declaration.
Tens of thousands of local and state officials along with over 1,700 National Guard and Army Soldiers and Airmen, 1,700 FEMA staff, and 1,750 responders from 39 states have helped with recovery and relief efforts in western North Carolina after Helene, according to Cooper.
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