He made the comments while visiting western North Carolina, which is still recovering months after Hurricane Helene, on the first trip of his second term.

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Trump says he's considering 'getting rid of FEMA' as he visits hurricane-damaged North Carolina.

Last week was one for the history books in Liberty County. The predicted snow event was something we haven’t seen the likes of in a long time, and maybe won’t again in our lifetimes.

Pryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, testifies in front of North Carolina lawmakers on the state of the hurricane homebuilding program on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- More than $200M is needed in state funding to help hurricane victims, or their homes will not be rebuilt. While people in Western North Carolina are the latest hurricane ...

Even as much of the focus has turned to the recovery from Helene in western North Carolina, state lawmakers held a two-hour hearing Thursday on a troubled program to help hurricane victims in the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – President Donald Trump's Jan. 24 visit to western North Carolina — his second since Hurricane Helene destroyed large swaths of the Southeast on Sept. 27 and his first visit ...

Survivors of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina described their harrowing escapes from rising floodwaters to President Donald Trump on Friday and pleaded for help four months after the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts of eastern North Carolina still struggling ...

It has been more than four months since Hurricane Helene caused widespread destruction in Western North Carolina. Since the storm passed, lawmakers have been divided over how to fund the recovery ...

A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County, an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Helene just four months ago, nearly to the day, officials said. The fire ...