Topics Related to Hurricane Florence

Due to the increased populations of mosquitoes caused by flooding from Hurricane Florence, Governor Roy Cooper today ordered $4 million to fund mosquito control efforts in counties currently under a major disaster declaration.

As early as Friday, residents in 27 counties impacted by Hurricane Florence can apply for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “D-SNAP”, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. 

As people in the state of North Carolina begin to pick up the pieces left in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Governor Roy Cooper continues to take action to help storm survivors recover while mourning the lives lost to the storm.

Governor Roy Cooper’s request for major federal disaster assistance was approved today to help individuals and communities in nine additional counties recover from Hurricane Florence. Individuals in Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Pitt, Richmond, Scotland and Wilson counties are now able to apply for disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Florence.

Gov. Cooper met with US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Monday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Weather prevented the two from meeting at their scheduled event in Duplin County earlier in the day. NC Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler and NC Secretary of Environmental Quality Michael Regan joined the meeting.

The state’s work on Hurricane Florence is shifting from emergency response to recovery, Governor Roy Cooper said Monday, but North Carolinians need to remain careful in areas hit hard by the storm.

Interstate 95 through North Carolina is now reopened to all traffic, Governor Roy Cooper announced Sunday night. 

Even as flood waters begin to recede in some areas and some North Carolinians are able to return home, dangers remain in flooded areas and the hard work of recovery is just starting, Governor Roy Cooper warned Sunday. While more roads have reopened allowing some people to return to their communities, travel remains treacherous in portions of southeastern North Carolina.

Governor Roy Cooper’s message to anyone traveling in North Carolina remained consistent and straightforward Saturday morning—stay away from areas with flooded roads in southeastern North Carolina.

Governor Roy Cooper on Friday praised the efforts of first responders who rescued an entire town from rising waters overnight and warned residents of continued dangers from the storm.