Fox News: North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in

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North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in

FEMA will extend temporary shelter assistance to North Carolina residents impacted by Hurricane Helene as winter storms sweep across the state.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Gov. Josh Stein said he will continue to use every resource at his disposal to ensure that residents impacted by Hurricane Helene stay warm, as winter storms sweep across the state – potentially affecting power grids and other critical infrastructure impacted by the prior storm.......Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login will end Saturday for thousands of North Carolina residents, some of whom are facing frigid temperatures this weekend in the Appalachian Mountain region......."At our request, FEMA has extended temporary shelter assistance through Tuesday in light of the winter storm impacting western North Carolina," Stein's office confirmed to FOX Business.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which cannot be requested and was only granted to survivors identified by FEMA beginning in October, was set to end on Friday and later pushed back to Saturday.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login centers will be closed through Monday, "due to winter weather."......"I will continue to use every resource at my disposal to get folks into safe and warm shelter," said Gov. Josh Stein.......North Carolinians started receiving letters on Jan. 3 informing them their hotel or motel rooms would no longer be covered, Fox News Digital reported. When eligibility ends, they are given a week's notice to check out.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Thousands of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login continue to be supported by the program in western North Carolina, following the September storm.......There are currently 5,600 households currently You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, according to FEMA.......The agency said those with questions about eligibility should contact the FEMA helpline at 1-800-621-3362.  ......Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin and Brooke Singman contributed to this article....

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