North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding Friday for western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene after legislators passed the recovery bill the day before.
The bill is the second legislative iteration of recovery funding for western North Carolina after the General Assembly passed an initial $273 million relief package earlier this month. It seeks to address what the governor's office has said was $53 billion in damages and recovery needs in the region after Helene barreled through.
