Days after former President Donald Trump launched a GoFundMe campaign to support Hurricane Helene victims, his daughter, Ivanka Trump , landed in Hickory, North Carolina , to join in on the philanthropic gestures extended by relief organisations. The former advisor to the POTUS was pictured in Western North Carolina on Wednesday, October 2, as she stepped up to help out the community alongside humanitarian foundations such as CityServe, Love & Life and Mercy Chefs. Nearly a week after landfall, the devastating impact of the catastrophic storm has pushed the US state back into the “old-fashioned ways of communicating and coping,” as reported by the Associated Press.
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.and it happened’ Meanwhile, several reports have estimated that the death toll in such trying times has risen to nearly 190, while hundreds of others are unaccounted for in the southeastern US. North Carolina was hit the hardest due to severe flooding.
As per numbers reported by CNN, the Old North State has lost 95 people (and presumably counting). Ivanka Trump helps deliver Starlink devices for internet connection to Hurricane Helene victims in western North Carolina Ivanka’s contributions to the relief efforts included delivering 300 Starlink systems donated by SpaceX, The Charlotte Observer noted. This particular donation will help communities i.