President Joe Biden announced on Sunday the deployment of another 500 active-duty troops to western North Carolina to assist with the ongoing response efforts after Hurricane Helene caused widespread devastation.
The deployment was made in response to a request from Gov. Roy Cooper, according to the White House.
This brings the total number of troops responding across Helene-impacted areas to 1,500, following the previous deployment of 1,000 troops on Oct. 2.
“With a total of 1,500 troops now supplementing a robust on-the-ground effort – including more than 6,100 National Guardsmen and more than 7,000 Federal personnel – my administration is sparing no resource to support families as they begin their road to rebuilding,” the president said in a statement on Oct. 6….