President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for North Carolina to provide for federal assistance to areas impacted last fall by Tropical Storm Michael.
The declaration was announced in a news release issued Thursday and covers 21 counties statewide. It provides federal funding for state and local government and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged Oct. 10 to 12 by the tropical storm.
Counties affected by the declaration are Alamance, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Granville, Hyde, Iredell, McDowell, Montgomery, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Vance and Yadkin.
Michael slammed into Florida's Panhandle as a hurricane with 155 mph winds on Oct. 10 and also blew through Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.