Report: Kemp asks for $12.2 billion in federal aid after Hurricane Helene
Gov. Brian Kemp has asked Congress for nearly $12.2 billion in disaster relief aid for damage caused by Hurricane Helene. According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 96 of the state’s 159 counties remain under a major disaster declaration following the late September storm. In a letter to appropriations leaders in the U.S. House and […] The post Report: Kemp asks for $12.2 billion in federal aid after Hurricane Helene appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Gov. Brian Kemp has asked Congress for nearly $12.2 billion in disaster relief aid for damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 96 of the state’s 159 counties remain under a major disaster declaration following the late September storm.
In a letter to appropriations leaders in the U.S. House and Senate, Kemp requested nearly $6.5 billion to help farmers and agricultural producers, $2.5 billion for housing recovery, $611 million for lost timber, and $507 million for crisis counseling services. He said the amount of aid was likely to grow.
“Hurricane Helene wrought unparalleled damage across our state, leaving thousands of families displaced, businesses shuttered and our farmers facing catastrophic losses,” Kemp wrote in the letter.
According to Kemp, 34 Georgians died making Helene the deadliest hurricane to hit the state since 1893.
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