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Gov. Stein urges NC to build reserves as FEMA funding faces uncertainty in 2025

NOAA predicts 13–19 named storms this season, with up to five major hurricanes

State officials recommend hurricane kits and evacuation planning before August

North Carolina legislators may need to put hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s rainy-day fund to help with hurricane relief in case the federal government stops supporting disaster recovery, Gov. Josh Stein says.

At a press conference marking the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, Stein said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency could leave states on their own to fund disaster recovery.

Cuts to the federal ag

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