The Department of Homeland Security announced that another $155 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance funds would be released for Western North Carolina recovery from Tropical Storm Helene on Nov. 4.

Under FEMA's Public Assistance program, supplemental grants are provided to state, tribal, territorial and local governments as reimbursements for additional expenditures made after natural disasters. Since Helene hit, the agency has provided over $849 million in funds through the program to North Carolina, according to FEMA Open Data. The grants cover at least 90% of eligible work under the program. DHS announced the additional funding on social media.

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