{"id":111160,"date":"2024-10-06T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T12:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111160"},"modified":"2024-10-06T19:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T12:48:57","slug":"fact-check-six-days-of-trump-lies-about-the-hurricane-helene-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111160","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene\u00a0response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Washington<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tdle000u1oq87u7varsh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljl0003356m7q2fhpju@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/politics\/misinformation-hurricane-helene\/index.html\">misinformation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/05\/media\/hurricane-helene-fema-false-claims-recovery\/index.html\">about the response<\/a> has spread widely without Trump\u2019s involvement, the Republican presidential nominee has been one of the country\u2019s leading deceivers on the subject. Over a span of six days, in public comments and social media posts, Trump has used his powerful megaphone to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljl0004356m9gq1zi0y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The chief targets of his hurricane-related dishonesty have been Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the November presidential election, and President Joe Biden.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm0005356mh95fgurr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Monday: Trump falsely claims Biden hasn\u2019t answered calls from Georgia\u2019s governor<\/strong><strong\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm0006356mw102gk81@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During a visit to Georgia on Monday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/HsH1IvFzRU0?feature=shared&amp;t=342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: \u201cHe\u2019s been calling the president, hasn\u2019t been able to get him.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm0007356m3hfzdink@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was immediately clear that Trump\u2019s claim was false. Kemp, a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n78zi69WMwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> earlier Monday that he had spoken with Biden the day prior \u2014 and that it was Kemp who had initially missed a call from Biden, not the other way around.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm0008356me8i5skcc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kemp told reporters that he had successfully called Biden right back. Kemp added: \u201cHe just said, \u2018Hey, what do you need?\u2019 And I told him, you know, \u2018We got what we need. We\u2019ll work through the federal process.\u2019 He offered that if there\u2019s other things we need, just to call him directly, which \u2014 I appreciate that. But we\u2019ve had FEMA embedded with us since a day or two before the storm hit in our state operations center in Atlanta; we\u2019ve got a great relationship with them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm0009356mlbud5g0l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Monday: Trump cites baseless \u2018reports\u2019 about anti-Republican bias in the North Carolina response <\/strong><strong\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000a356m3eqqs2j5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113227266617485932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on Monday, Trump said of North Carolina: \u201cI\u2019ll be there shortly, but don\u2019t like the reports that I\u2019m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000b356msj0d8som@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s unclear what \u201creports\u201d Trump might have been getting, but there was no apparent basis for the underlying claim that the Biden administration and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper were maliciously abandoning certain communities out of partisan bias.<br \/>Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1840838655440798188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provided no evidence<\/a> when a reporter pressed him later in the day.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000c356mj5lopn8g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Thursday: Trump falsely claims the Biden-Harris response had received \u2018universally\u2019 negative reviews<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000d356mbgprb9v7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113243226398293844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a social media post on Thursday that Biden and Harris \u201care universally being given POOR GRADES for the way that they are handling the Hurricane, especially in North Carolina.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000e356mr2he5bwq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/03\/politics\/fact-check-trump-biden-hurricane-response\/index.html\">wasn\u2019t even close to accurate<\/a>. Though the Biden administration\u2019s response had certainly received criticism, it had also been praised by various state and local leaders \u2014 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z_tqxiiE8Uw?feature=shared&amp;t=2399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YdqBNW0Ptv8?feature=shared&amp;t=159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governors<\/a> of some of the affected states and the Democratic governor of North Carolina, plus local leaders including the Democratic mayor of the hard-hit North Carolina city of Asheville.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000f356msydnv43p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For example, Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z_tqxiiE8Uw?feature=shared&amp;t=2399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0at a Tuesday press conference that federal assistance had \u201cbeen superb,\u201d noting that Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had both called and told him to let them know whatever the state needed. McMaster also said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell had called.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000g356m1ginta8k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Thursday: Trump falsely claims Harris spent \u2018all her FEMA money\u2019 on housing illegal migrants<\/strong><strong\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000h356my79huwm3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At a campaign rally in Michigan on Thursday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HCgvQLNdh8E?feature=shared&amp;t=3689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that \u201cKamala spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants, many of whom should not be in our country.\u201d He added in an election-related conspiracy theory, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HCgvQLNdh8E?feature=shared&amp;t=3753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cThey stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000i356mffddih9i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This is false.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000j356m5g1ye98k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            First, there is zero basis for Trump\u2019s suggestion that the Biden administration is running some sort of scheme to get undocumented immigrants to vote illegally in the 2024 election. Voting by noncitizens is a felony.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000k356m4lcux6eg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Second, there is zero basis for claiming that FEMA disaster assistance money was stolen \u2014 by anyone, let alone Harris personally \u2014 for the housing of migrants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000l356ml9kg5igx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Congress appropriated $650 million in the 2024 fiscal year to fund a <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IN\/IN12349\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program<\/a> that helps state and local governments house migrants \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReichlinMelnick\/status\/1842225388161761758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instructed<\/a> US Customs and Border Protection to transfer that $650 million to FEMA to administer the program. But this $650 million pot is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReichlinMelnick\/status\/1842362194324815889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entirely distinct<\/a> from FEMA\u2019s pot of disaster relief funds; as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/04\/no-biden-didnt-take-fema-relief-money-use-migrants-trump-did\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFernandezH46\/status\/1841856107435712812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the White House<\/a> and independent observers noted this week, they\u2019re just two separate things funded separately by Congress.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000m356mjyippk7l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Congress appropriated more than $35 billion in disaster relief funds for fiscal 2024, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/fema_ocfo-september2024disasterrelieffundreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official FEMA statistics<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000n356mjyhlqqzb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Friday: Trump falsely claims $1 billion was \u2018stolen\u2019 from FEMA for migrants and has gone \u2018missing\u2019<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000o356mh098bifs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Though Trump\u2019s Thursday claim about FEMA money and migrants had already been debunked by Friday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1842274228814708862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeated the claim to reporters<\/a> at least <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CLyszJGLA5g?feature=shared&amp;t=1028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice<\/a> on Friday\u00a0\u2014 and then said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/aPGrtW9lkOE?feature=shared&amp;t=214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">again<\/a> at a Friday night town hall event in North Carolina.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000p356mc8su4kqe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Saturday: Trump falsely claims the federal government is only giving $750 to people who lost their homes<\/strong><strong\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000q356mlqrbtx77@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Trump strongly suggested that Americans who lost their homes in the hurricane were only being offered $750 in federal aid.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000r356mpvmquunz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey\u2019re offering them $750, to people whose homes have been washed away. And yet we send tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries that most people have never heard of. They\u2019re offering them $750. They\u2019ve been destroyed, these people have been destroyed,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/QOENNClIqbQ?feature=shared&amp;t=4045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. He added, \u201cThink of it: We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we\u2019re handing North Carolina $750.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000s356m70iyzwak@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s claim is wrong. As FEMA explained earlier in the week <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fema\/status\/1842224824833229033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on social media<\/a> and<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/disaster\/current\/hurricane-helene\/rumor-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on a web page<\/a> it created to combat misinformation about the response, $750 is merely the <em>immediate, upfront <\/em>aid survivors can get to cover basic, pressing needs like food, water, baby formula and emergency supplies. Survivors are also eligible to apply for additional forms of assistance, such as to pay for temporary housing and home repairs, that can be worth thousands of dollars; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/fema_ia-quick-reference_habitability.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current maximum amount for home repair assistance, for example, is $42,500<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000t356m8j24tedb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During Harris\u2019 visit to Georgia on Wednesday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/10\/02\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-response-and-recovery-efforts-following-hurricane-helene-augusta-ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cAnd the federal relief and assistance that we have been providing has included FEMA providing $750 for folks who need immediate needs being met, such as food, baby formula, and the like.\u00a0And you can apply now.\u201d But she added just moments later,\u00a0\u201cFEMA is also providing tens of thousands more dollars for folks to help them be able to deal with home repair, to be able to cover a deductible when and if they have insurance, and also hotel costs.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1x5tljm000u356m91yzrizb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s also worth noting that this hurricane-related assistance to individual residents is separate from the hurricane-related assistance the federal government will provide to state governments. For example, the federal transportation department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/biden-harris-administration-sends-north-carolina-100-million-emergency-relief-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced Saturday<\/a> that it was immediately providing $100 million to North Carolina\u2019s transportation department \u201cto help pay for the costs of immediate emergency work resulting from Hurricane Helene flood damage.\u201d Buttigieg added that this emergency funding \u201cwill be followed by additional federal resources.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1xifq8m0000356ma725ksvw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Saturday: Trump falsely claims there are \u2018no helicopters, no rescue\u2019 in North Carolina\u00a0<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1xihgk9000a356muepncrrl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump, criticizing Harris for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-harris-presidential-election-09-29-24#cm1ocnsp900053b6lhtcjqt9p\">participating in<\/a> a political fundraising event in California the last weekend of September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/QOENNClIqbQ?feature=shared&amp;t=4046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the Saturday rally in Pennsylvania: \u201cKamala wined and dined in San Francisco, and all of the people in North Carolina \u2014 no helicopters, no rescue \u2014 it\u2019s just \u2014 what\u2019s happened there is very bad.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1xihgk9000b356m0ak0zg1n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This claim about North Carolina is false. There have been numerous government and private helicopters and other aircraft involved in rescue and aid efforts in North Carolina, though some residents died before they could be rescued and a significant number of residents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/06\/us\/how-helene-devastated-western-north-carolina\/index.html\">remained missing or stranded for days<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1xihgk9000c356mz2cto9fy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The North Carolina National Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ncnationalguard\/status\/1841976269941952920?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced Thursday<\/a> that its own air assets had \u201ccompleted 146 flight missions, resulting in the rescue of 538 people and 150 pets.\u201d\u00a0 The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/10\/04\/national-guard-helene-helicopters-supply-rescue-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported Friday<\/a>: \u201cThe drone of helicopters has become routine across western North Carolina in the wake of Helene.\u00a0National Guard and civilian aircraft now crisscross the skies of a region where roads and bridges have been destroyed and people are trapped. The helicopters are delivering supplies, picking up people who need rescuing, dropping off firefighters and search-and-rescue crews and radioing for assistance for others who can be more easily accessed from the ground.\u201c\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1xihgk9000d356mwuw3h0er@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/05\/us\/helene-relief-flights-safety-hazards?cid=ios_app\">reported Saturday<\/a> that air traffic over western North Carolina had increased 300% over the past seven days due to hurricane relief efforts, according to Becca Gallas, director of North Carolina\u2019s Division of Aviation.\u00a0The state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdps.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2024\/10\/05\/hurricane-helene-recovery-progresses-western-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in an official update Saturday: \u201cA total of 53 search and rescue teams from North Carolina and beyond, consisting of more than 1,600 personnel have conducted search and rescue operations during this event. 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