(The Center Square) – Present but his desired out of the way, President Joe Biden flew over storm devastated regions of North and South Carolina on Wednesday.

Briefed in Raleigh on emergency operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Biden landed in Greenville, S.C., and met with emergency officials, then went to Raleigh before getting an aerial tour over Buncombe County and Asheville. Fifty-seven have been confirmed killed in the county, nearly one-third of the 178 across six states and more than half of North Carolina’s 90.

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