Trump campaign Deputy Director of Communications Margo Martin shared in a post on X:
President @realDonaldTrump lands in Valdosta, GA to distribute relief supplies after Hurricane Helene 🇺🇸
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 30, 2024
LEADERS LEAD! pic.twitter.com/kuJBJFdsDy
Patriots in Valdosta met the President with a roar of applause as he entered the town to address the wreckage from the storm.
Scene in Valdosta, GA for President Trump’s arrival 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/LjtYnmCtJn
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 30, 2024
Martin shared a video of Trump meeting with the owners of a furniture store that was destroyed by Helene.
President @realDonaldTrump visits with the owners of Chez What Furniture store destroyed by Hurricane Helene pic.twitter.com/yo5yGTdMpG
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 30, 2024
Trump thanked the workers at Lowndes County Emergency Management Agency.
President @realDonaldTrump thanks the tireless workers at Lowndes County Emergency Management Agency 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vJiQ6hfrWF
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 30, 2024
Per the Lowndes County Emergency Management Agency's website:
"[The agency] requires working with the numerous local response agencies, governments, and volunteer resource agencies to develop effective all hazards plans to ensure that Lowndes County and its citizens are adequately prepared for any type of disaster that may affect our local communities."
NBC News reported: "There have been at least 116 deaths as a result of the storm. A third of them were reported in North Carolina.
Western North Carolina has been hit by devastating floods, with entire communities under several feet of water. At least 35 people have died in Buncombe County, which contains the city of Asheville.
Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane. Though the storm has mostly dissipated, its leftovers combined with a front could mean more rainfall for parts of the already saturated central Appalachians.
Power is being restored to some of the affected areas, but more than 2 million customers remain without electricity across several states."