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, who as president withheld hurricane aid to Puerto Rico and threatened to withhold wildfire assistance to California, on Monday falsely accused Presidentof failing to help Hurricane Helene ’s flood victims in western North Carolina and Georgia, having “left Americans to drown” in the South.
And at the Valdosta Regional Airport, asked by a reporter if he had contacted Biden about the response, Trump, wearing his red campaign MAGA hat, answered, “No, I haven’t reached out to him. I think he’s sleeping right now, actually.” “Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and those Appalachians, they’re going to have up to 20 inches of rain in an area that can have significant flash flooding. And that is really life-threatening, and it comes so much faster than what we see from a storm surge,” she said.
He said that no one had ever seen a storm as large and powerful as Helene, and that it was especially surprising because “it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
The stakes are high this year, and our 2024 coverage could use continued support. We hope you'll consider contributing to HuffPost once more.In fact, hurricane season for the North Atlantic Ocean basin starts on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30, with August, September and October being the peak months. What’s more, there have been a great many storms larger and more powerful than Helene over the years.
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