Will array, the head, direct the director of North Carolina Emergency department Emergency Management. Think you, governor. Good afternoon, everyone. Of the governor said, were here with Fema Today to retake an opportunity to survey the damage not just here in Buncombe County but in the western counties that have been so significantly impacted by this event. We currently have 15 county eeocs that remain open with 31 states of emergency in place. Of the 92 Search And Rescue assets thAt The governor mentioned, three of those are federal teams, 22 are from other states, and 54 organic North Carolina. And really cannot overstate the importance of partnership both here in North Carolina as well as the support that we have had from our colleagues in other states as well as the federal government. Today, we are continuing to wrap up grandpa pushes our commodities particularly water and employees as well as fuel and other resources into the impact communities. We are increasing the number of a
Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency is seeking 20 volunteers to stand in as victims in a water borne mass casualty exercise on J Percy Priest Lake on Thursday, June 9.
start seeing things like this subside. but keep in mind, with the rain fall that we had, rosa, we will see more communities that are cut off. and that s the challenge. now with the helicopters are halted, until all of the weather passes, now the helicopter lifts are halted, you may have more people waiting on the other side of the situation like this, waiting for either the water to recede or if it is really bad, waiting for, you know, crews to get to them through eermg help them get to safer ground or bring them supplies, you know, to help them wait it out. george, we can t help but think about the people you are mentioning and the number of unaccounted keeps rising. right now, about 500. that s just an enormous jump from yesterday. how are officials explaining that? right. so at last check, about 482. and you could look at it like this. we did have a break in the weather the last day or so.