North Carolina suffered record-breaking floods resulting from Hurricane Helene, a category 4 hurricane, in September 2024. Under former President Biden, help from taxpayer-funded FEMA was inadequate. Christian groups, including Amish, Catholics and Evangelicals, helped residents in rural areas in North Carolina rebuild their homes and communities. Some Christians donated their labor for more than a year to help the Hurricane Helene victims..

North Carolina suffered record-breaking floods resulting from Hurricane Helene, a category 4 hurricane, in September 2024. 

The disaster recovery stirred controversy when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, head of Homeland Security under Biden, set off outrage when he told reporters that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "does not have the funds" to see Americans through the rest of this Atlantic hurricane season — after the agency spent more than $1.4 billion since the fall of 2022 to address the migrant crisis.