Matt Calabria, director of the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina
Matt Calabria, director of the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina
It was two years ago this past week that Hurricane-turned-Tropical Storm Helene inundated and devastated large swaths of western North Carolina with unprecedented rainfall and flooding. All tolled the disaster took more than 100 lives, inflicted more than 60 billion dollars in damage and wrecked many significant segments of the region’s economy.
For Gov. Josh Stein, who took office just three months after the storm hit, Helene recovery quickly became the Number One priority for his new administration and a…
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