Federal relief funds for recovery from Helene are in limbo with Congress still in recess. President Biden is pushing for lawmakers to regroup soon as many in the Southeast struggle without power and basic needs.

More lawmakers are calling for Congress to cut their election recess short and return to Washington to pass more disaster funding in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

President Joe Biden said recovery efforts would cost “billions of dollars” and called on lawmakers to ensure additional funding as he toured areas devastated by Hurricane Helene on Thursday.

Congress should not wait until after the November 5 election to pass a supplemental spending bill to fund relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene and other damaging storms, President Joe Biden has said.

The federal government is providing additional aid to North Carolina as the state recovers from Hurricane Helene, President Joe Biden shared on Wednesday. The president visited Raleigh for an emergency operations briefing with Gov.