{"id":428059,"date":"2026-01-25T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/428059\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T01:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:11:07","slug":"white-house-approves-emergency-declaration-for-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/428059\/","title":{"rendered":"White House approves emergency declaration for North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) \u2014 (11:50 a.m.) \u2014 Gov. Josh Stein says North Carolina has received a federal emergency declaration ahead of a winter storm that’s expected to bring significant ice accumulation over the weekend.<\/p>\n

During an update Saturday, Jan. 24, Stein said he requested the declaration Friday evening and received White House approval Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for their partnership and quick response,\u201d Stein said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

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(10:50 a.m.) \u2014 North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein will hold a news briefing Saturday, Jan. 24, at 11:30 a.m. to provide an update on the state\u2019s winter storm preparations.<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/p>\n

GOV. STEIN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AS NORTH CAROLINA BRACES FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM<\/a><\/p>\n

Stein has been holding daily press briefings since Thursday, Jan. 22, when he declared a state of emergency due to the storm\u2019s potential impacts.<\/p>\n

An Ice Storm Warning<\/a> is in effect for much of western North Carolina due to a major ice storm expected to arrive Saturday night and continue through Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

WNC BRACES FOR ICE, SNOW AS WINTER STORM APPROACHES<\/a><\/p>\n

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Most of the region is expected to see around a half-inch of ice, with higher totals near the Blue Ridge Escarpment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) \u2014 (11:50 a.m.) \u2014 Gov. Josh Stein says North Carolina has received a federal emergency…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-428059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}