Source: WRAL, 10/11/19

Gov. Roy Cooper aims to create a state-funded program to help residents in four North Carolina counties recover from Hurricane Dorian after the federal government declined a request for assistance targeting them. The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week told Cooper there wasn't enough damage from last month's storm to individuals and households in Carteret, Dare, Hyde and New Hanover counties to warrant a federal declaration.

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