//Biden to Deploy 1,000 Troops to Aid North Carolina After Helene//

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   A member of the Maryland National Guard jogs to a helicopter at a supply drop point in the aftermath of       Hurricane Helene near Bat Cave, North Carolina, on October 1.

President Joe Biden said he guided the Pentagon to send up to 1,000 well-trained troops to assist with recuperation tasks in North Carolina in front of an excursion to one of the states hardest hit by Typhoon Helene to review the tempest's harm firsthand.

"These warriors will accelerate the conveyance of life-saving supplies of food, water, and medication to detached networks in North Carolina - they have the labor and strategic capacities to finish this imperative work, and quick," Biden said in a proclamation on Wednesday. He said the soldiers would join many North Carolina Public Gatekeeper individuals previously conveyed to support the reaction.