The Federalist Wire:
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Vice President JD Vance has taken the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to task for failing to swiftly allocate relief funds to victims of Hurricane Helene, which devastated Virginia, North Carolina, and other states late last September. Speaking in Damascus, Virginia, alongside Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, Vance highlighted the gap between congressional action and FEMA’s response, saying billions of dollars authorized for hurricane recovery remain largely undistributed.
Vance, 40, accused FEMA of “holding up some of the aid here,” pointing to the stark disparity between the $4 billion earmarked for hurricane relief and the mere $47 million distributed so far. Many of the affected residents, he noted, lacked vital flood insurance, exacerbating their financial hardships.
“The thing that I heard most when I was in western North Carolina before the inauguration,” Vance stated, “is that there are people who wanted to put trailers or other temporary housing in particular areas of western North Carolina, but they couldn’t because FEMA had designated these particular areas to be ineligible for the type of assistance that would allow people to put that temporary housing in the first place.”
He called this an example of a broken federal response, a sentiment he shared just days after President Trump signed an executive order to review FEMA’s performance.
The financial shortfall facing hurricane victims is stark. Vance pointed out that homeowners in Virginia who lost their properties have received about $42,000 to rebuild, despite damages per structure averaging $130,000.
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In response to mounting frustrations, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has called for hearings to investigate claims that insurance companies are failing to adequately compensate hurricane victims.
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The story does not indicate why FEMA is not delivering adequate aid to those with losses from the hurricanes. It looks like the government's $4 billion is not being adequately disbursed at this point. Hurricane Helene was an odd storm that first hit Florida and then went inland as far as North Carolina and dumped flood waters. My granddaughter and her father live on a hilltop in North Carolina and while their home was not flooded the storm washed away the road up the hill. I have not seen any indication that FEMA will repair the road.
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