Secretary Duffy visits Helene Damage, says residents feel “forgotten” after the historic storm
Sean Duffy carriage secretary toured the devastation left by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and Tennessee, explaining that residents were forgotten there while continuing to renew their devastated communities after the historic Storm.
Duffy spoke With “Faulkner Focus” Exclusively from Klisura River River, where a part of the main interstate I-40 was destroyed in Helenei’s floods in order to talk about how to get progressed and why many feel forgotten months later.
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“When you live in a little Town America, like many communities here in West North Carolina, they feel forgotten,” Duffy said on Monday Harris Faulkner. “They feel like a federal government doesn’t care. Their state governments have not worried about them. And I think they understand this administration that they could be from a small town, they may not be the richest people. But you know what? We didn’t forget About them because Americans are also deserved our help and our help, and we will give them that. “
Duffy has committed to renewing a portion of a part of the crash that has collapsed, noting that it will be a billion dollar project and that it will take a long time to repair it completely.
Sean Duffy traffic secretary examined the damage left a few months ago by Hurricane Helena in North Carolina and Tennessee.
“This will be the most expensive project to help in an emergency that has made the Ministry of Transport in its 50-year history,” Duffy said. “So big this project is and how important it is to correct the renovation.”
“Donald Trump is not moving at the speed of previous administration. Lightning quickly moves, so we want to go fast,” he continued. “We want to go cheap and want to go safe.”
In the meantime, Trump weighed off the exclusion Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and giving federal money to recover directly to states for natural disasters. The Agency faces surveillance for its effectiveness and alleged bias.
Last month, he signed an executive command aimed at “drastic” improvement of the efficiency of the agency, priorities and competencies after visiting communities were influenced by Hurricane Helena.
Trump’s executive order is established by the FEMA audit council, which will consist of no more than 20 members and co-producing by secretary for Homeland Security and Defense.
The Council is formed after Fema response to Hurricane Helena Other recent disasters have shown the need to improve “efficiency, priorities and competencies, including an estimate of whether the FEMA bureaucracy is interpreting his ability to respond successfully.
“Despite the fact that each of the last three years has committed nearly $ 30 billion in disasters, FEMA managed to leave vulnerable Americans without resources or support they need when they need it most,” the executive command reports.
Duffy explained that smaller infrastructure projects within local communities will also be observed, emphasizing the need to connect in the community while residents continue to be renewed.
“This is the main artery as we talked, but there are so many small roads and bridges that connect communities in the mountains,” Duffy said. “Many of them partially washed there. Blessed and skaters who devastated their homes, churches, shops, cafes. And so it is … and that infrastructure that we will watch and understand how we can help them renew.”
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“Again, sometimes people do not think of this part of our government as so critical, but if it fails, if you do not have an infrastructure that connects people, again, it affects people in a deep way,” he continued.
More than 100 people died during Hurricane Helene in North Carolina Sam, and tens of thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed.
Despite the traumatic disaster, Duffy explained that those who were affected are unwavering to stay where they call the home.
“This is their home. Here are their families to generations. They want to stay here,” Duffy said. “And that is why our work is so important to help them continue to stay in places they love and communities they have enjoyed for so long.”
“We’ll do our job to make sure the dream can continue to live on.”
Fox News’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
