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President Biden will travel to North and South Carolina on Wednesday to scan damage from Hurricane Helene and greet first responders.
Mr. Biden will take an aerial tour of western North Carolina, a hard-hit part of the Southeast. Whole neighborhoods were washed out, and some residents can’t be accessed or contacted because of road impairment and cellphone outages.
Mr. Biden will also “engage with first responders and state and local officials in South Carolina en route to North Carolina,” the White House said.
The storm made landfall in Florida last week and ripped through the Southeast, killing at least 130 people along a 500-mile path. Hundreds more are missing.
The president said Monday he wanted to visit battered areas as soon as possible but didn’t want his presence to disrupt recovery efforts.
Vice President Kamala Harris also said she planned to visit when appropriate.
The recovery is a key test for the Biden-Harris administration in a campaign year. Two hard-hit states, North Carolina and Georgia, are considered must-win states for former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, and Ms. Harris, the Democratic nominee.
Ms. Harris visited FEMA headquarters in Washington to thank workers on Monday, and Mr. Trump visited Valdosta, Georgia, to bring supplies and discuss the recovery.
Mr. Trump suggested state leaders were having a hard time reaching Mr. Biden, though the White House and the leaders themselves said that wasn’t the case.
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