You would think that today, more than 16 months after Helene, Yancy county would have received significant amount of funding from FEMA to help recover from some of this historic devastation. Well, you'd be wrong. Under the so called leadership of Secretary Noem, As of today, Yancey county received a grand total of $5.7 million from FEMA. female. Remember, we're talking about a $50 million debt right now. A $50 million deficit in a small county. $5.7 million of that, only 3 million of it was for debris removal. (08:34–08:47)
CLAIM
Asserts that Yancey County has received $5.7 million from FEMA for hurricane recovery.
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