From the WashPost: Fears of a Drawn-Out Recovery Hang over N.C.

“The specter of a drawn-out recovery looms large in the state, where officials seem determined to move quicker after Helene and avoid the mistakes of the past, even as North Carolina faces the most massive disaster recovery in its history.

For all the desire to get western North Carolina back on its feet, the shared goal to move quickly is colliding with the reality that disaster recovery is almost always frustrating, tedious and too costly for most states and localities to bear without a significant assist from the federal government.”