Ivanka Trump flies to North Carolina town devastated by Hurricane Helene floods to hand out food and 300 Starlinks

Ivanka Trump traveled to Hickory, North Carolina, connected Wednesday to manus retired food, emergency supplies and 300 starlinks to those devastated by Hurricane Helene.

The erstwhile first girl was location pinch CityServe, a alleviation statement she has worked pinch since her clip successful nan White House. 

They provided basking meals and caller nutrient from Planet Harvest. The Starlink devices, donated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, will thief link victims to high-speed internet.

Dressed casually successful jeans, sneakers and a greenish and achromatic sweater, Ivanka served meals and took photos with pilots, airdrome unit and volunteers.

North Carolina was heavy deed by nan storm, peculiarly successful its Appalachian Mountain region, which suffered from flooding and landslides.

The harm closed down galore roads, making it difficult to bring alleviation to those successful need.

FEMA is providing 20 truckloads of nutrient and 40 truckloads of h2o a time to group successful North Carolina. The Department of Defense has 22 helicopters staged to support nan consequence efforts successful isolated communities.

Lack of powerfulness has been an issue, arsenic has a deficiency of cleanable water. Cell work has been down meaning group can't link pinch their loved ones.

The airdrome successful Hickory, which is successful nan Northeastern portion of nan state, has been utilized arsenic a guidelines of operations to present supplies to difficult deed towns for illustration Asheville. 

Grassroot proviso efforts, organized by kindness alleviation missions, person besides usage nan Hickory airdrome arsenic a guidelines of relief.

Recovery efforts are expected to return months and millions of dollars. 

The decease toll has risen to 176 and hundreds are still missing. At slightest 90 group are known to person died successful North Carolina, which has seen full communities wiped retired by flooding.

Additionally 1.3 cardinal power customers are still without power, from Florida to Virginia. 

President Joe Biden was successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected Wednesday to meet pinch emergency responders. He besides took an aerial circuit of nan damage. 

He announced he was deploying  1,000 active-duty soldiers to North Carolina to help.

Ivanka Trump has focused connected her family and philanthropy activity since leaving nan White House.

She has worked pinch CityServe to supply equipment and supplies to groups of displaced group from refugees successful nan Ukraine to those devastated by nan fires successful Maui, Hawaii.