Biden will visit storm-ravaged North Carolina on Wednesday

1/10/2024 12:20

        U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to travel to storm-ravaged North Carolina on Wednesday to view the toll from Hurricane Helene.
        
        Western North Carolina residents faced a "post-apocalyptic" landscape on Monday in the wake of Helene, with hundreds of people still missing and residents struggling amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services.
        
        Biden told reporters he planned to go to North Carolina after a briefing with the state's governor, Roy Cooper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell.
        
        Biden will participate in a local briefing and an aerial tour of Asheville, he later said on social media platform "X." He said he also plans to travel to Georgia and Florida as soon as possible.
        
        Biden accused Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of "lying" on Monday for saying that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, had trouble reaching the White House in the aftermath of the storm.