'A big relief': NC residents describe meeting with Trump after feeling 'ignored' post-hurricane

North Carolina residents Curtis A. Wright and Amber Wright, who were heavy impacted by Hurricane Helene, met with President Donald Trump during his sojourn to their authorities connected Friday.

Curtis A. Wright argued successful an quality connected "The Will Cain Show," that helium thinks that North Carolinians person "been ignored" successful the aftermath of the hurricane and said that Trump's sojourn was a "big relief."

"It was a batch of relief. You know, radical support saying, however are you guys doing successful Asheville? And, you know, we consciousness similar he's [sic] been forgotten. And I don't deliberation we've been forgotten. I deliberation we've been ignored. So for him [Trump] to travel and spot america today, that was a large relief. We'd antecedently had JD Vance travel retired to our location with Samaritan's Purse and immoderate of the Grahams. And, you know, helium told america that they were coming, and we were gladsome to spot them."

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Trump visited occidental North Carolina connected Friday to conscionable with residents inactive dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. 

Amber Wright was asked to picture however they person been surviving successful the aftermath of the hurricane and said that it has been a "true nightmare."

"We conscionable unrecorded time by day, 1 time astatine a time, trying to cleanable up, trying to spot what our adjacent steps are, if we're going to beryllium capable to rebuild, if we're not going to beryllium capable to rebuild. Waiting on, you know, security oregon immoderate it whitethorn be. So it's been a struggle. It truly has," she told big Will Cain.

North Carolina was struck by Hurricane Helene successful precocious September and caused implicit 100 deaths successful the state, arsenic good arsenic tens of millions successful damage. The catastrophic flooding caused by the hurricane was described by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell arsenic "historic."

FEMA has faced disapproval for its alleviation efforts post-hurricane. During his sojourn Friday, Trump said, "FEMA has truly fto america down. Let the state down. And I don't cognize if that's Biden's responsibility oregon whose responsibility it is, but we're going to instrumentality over." 

Curtis and Amber Wright said that they had mislaid "everything they own" successful the storm, including each of their workplace equipment, and described what they would request successful bid to rebuild.

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"What we're needing close present is simply a just valuation from our security institution successful a timely mode to wage out," Curtis Wright said. "Samaritan's Purse has been a blessing to us,They are consenting to capable each the gaps that FEMA and our security institution has not. We really person the quality to physique connected higher crushed connected different portion of spot that connects to our existent farm. And that's what our hopes are, to get just payout and conscionable to teardrop down the location that we person due to the fact that it's beyond 50% repairable and past commencement over."

While successful North Carolina, Trump told reporters that helium plans to motion an enforcement bid "fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, oregon possibly getting escaped of FEMA," Trump told reporters, saying, "I think, frankly, FEMA is not good."

He besides promised that his medication would measurement successful to assistance the clean-up efforts. "We're going to hole it, and we're going to hole it arsenic accelerated arsenic you can," Trump said.

Only fractional of the debris betterment from Hurricane Helene is complete, according to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and thousands of families stay successful hotels.  

Fox News' Diana Stacy contributed to this report.