FEMA will continue to provide temporary shelter assistance as the winter storm approaches

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said he will continue to use all available resources to provide warmth to residents affected by Hurricane Helen as winter storms sweep across the state, potentially affecting power lines and other critical infrastructure damaged by the previous storm. .

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) temporary housing assistance will end Saturday for thousands of North Carolinians, some of whom faced cold temperatures this weekend in the Appalachian region.

“At our request, FEMA has extended temporary shelter assistance until Tuesday due to the winter storm that affected western North Carolina,” Stein’s office confirmed to FOX Business.

Workers, community members and business owners clean up debris after Hurricane Helen in Marshall, North Carolina on September 30, 2024. (Jobin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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The Temporary Shelter Assistance (TSA) program, which cannot be requested and has been provided only to FEMA-identified survivors since October, was supposed to end on Friday and was later moved to Saturday.

FEMA Local Disaster Recovery centers will be closed until Monday “due to winter weather.”

“I will continue to use every resource at my disposal to get people to a safe and warm shelter,” said Governor Josh Stein.

On Jan. 3, North Carolina residents began receiving letters informing them that their hotel or motel rooms would no longer be covered, Fox News Digital reported. When eligibility expires, they receive a week’s notice to leave.

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Thousands Survivors of Hurricane Helen continue to support the program in western North Carolina after the September storm.

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helena caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024. in Asheville, North Carolina (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Now there are 5,600 households settled in a hotelaccording to FEMA.

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The agency said those with eligibility questions should contact FEMA’s helpline at 1-800-621-3362.

Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin and Brooke Syngman contributed to this article.