Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida has what it needs to clean up after Hurricane Helene and that the federal government should instead focus relief efforts on North Carolina, where search and rescue missions continue following catastrophic flooding.
“Florida, we have it handled,” DeSantis said during a news conference Monday in Steinhatchee, on the Big Bend coast.
“We got approved for the individual assistance things we wanted. We have what we need. Now obviously, there may be additional things that we’ll ask for in the future. It depends on how things shake out. But I think most of the effort should be in western North Carolina right now, because you still have active rescues that need to take place.”…