United States|Harris returned from his campaign trip to Washington prematurely, Trump campaigned in the disaster zone in Georgia.
of the United States president Joe Biden will travel to North Carolina, ravaged by Hurricane Helene, on Wednesday. Biden told reporters on Monday at the White House.
Biden also responded to the former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to claims that the Biden administration has not taken into account the disaster caused by Helene. According to Biden, Trump lied when he accused the country’s administration of inaction.
“Let me make this clear: He (Trump) is lying,” Biden said.
“The reason I’m so angry about this is because he’s implying that we’re not doing everything we can. Yes we do,” he continued.
The number of victims of the hurricane, which weakened to a storm, already rose to 118 on Monday. In addition, hundreds of people are still missing. The storm and its effects have killed people in at least six states. Nearly 50 people have died in North Carolina.
Trump arrived on Monday in the state of Georgia, where the storm also caused significant damage. It is also one of the Libra states where the US presidential election may be decided in just over a month.
In the city of Valdosta, Trump promised to bring a lot of help, such as fuel, water and supplies to those who need them.
“The country’s administration is not responding,” he told reporters.
“The vice president is somewhere, campaigning, looking for money,” Trump said, referring to his running mate Terrible for Harris.
of the New York Times according to Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris cut short his campaign trip to travel back to Washington to get more information on the situation from the United States Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
“In the last few days, our nation has gone through some of the worst devastation we’ve seen in a long time,” Harris said after the meeting.
“And we have responded as best we can, with the best people,” he continued.
Georgian in the state, residents are still suffering from, among other things, power outages and blocked roads. A state governor Brian Kemp described the storm as a “250-mile-wide tornado.”
Almost two million households and businesses were still without electricity on Monday.
Governor of North Carolina Ray Cooper said Monday that hundreds of roads in the state had been destroyed and several communities “wiped off the map.”
“This is an unprecedented storm,” he told reporters.
“The emotional and physical burden here is indescribable.”
Cooper also thanked the Biden administration for providing staff and resources to the state.
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