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Edward Helmore

Harris says federal aid for Hurricane Helene relief ‘here for the long term’

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Kamala Harris speaks with Angelica Wind of Asheville, North Carolina, in Charlotte, North Carolina, today. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Kamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the “heroes among us” during a swing through hurricane-hit North Carolina on Saturday, her second trip in four days to the disaster zone.

The vice-president began her visit by attending a briefing with state and local officials in Charlotte, where she thanked “those who are in the room and those who are out there right now working around the clock” in the post-Helene rescue effort.

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