A Duke Energy employee examines an electricity pole near a fallen tree on Holt Street as Hurricane Ian and its remnants begins to arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 30, 2022. - Alex Slitz/Charlotte Observer/TNS
President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for North Carolina, enabling the federal government to provide Hurricane Ian-related equipment, money and other aid to the state, officials said Saturday. FEMA will now coordinate all disaster-relief efforts in North Carolina and on lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, according to a FEMA news release on Saturday. “Emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, under the public assistance program, will be provided at 75% federal funding,” according to the release. Four people have died in North Carolina as a r...
