Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday proposed $3.9 billion in state relief for counties devastated by an estimated $53 billion in damage from the storm, reports Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan. The damage estimate is about three times that of Hurricane Florence in 2018 and is the largest in state history.

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The governor estimates total damage from the hurricane in North Carolina is $53 billion. The General Assembly meets Thursday/