It's been more than five months since Hurricane Helene devastated several states across the southeast.

And in North Carolina, where Helene killed more than 100 people and caused nearly $60 billion in damage,

many of the hardest hit residents have grown increasingly frustrated with FEMA, a federal agency that's also been in the crosshairs of President Trump.

The president is also expected to sign an executive order that could reshape how disaster

relief is administered by placing more responsibilities on states rather than the federal government.

Here's William Brigham.

This is part of the roof from my house.

In Black Mountain, North Carolina, Sam Saunders returns to the scattered remains of his home.

And right in front of us, that's more of my house.

And the memory of what Hurricane Helene did that early morning back in September is still fresh in his mind. I was asleep. My bed was right about here. And I was awakened by the sound and the vibration of the house being hit from behind.

The mudslide coming down right behind the house, knocked me out of bed.

And the entire house with me in it went down the mountainside here.

Saunders broke 18 bones, including 11 ribs and punctured both of his lungs.

It had take about 30 hours before he was evacuated and flown to a hospital where he spent

the next several weeks.

I built this with my own hands 28 years ago.

But anyway, we'll start over.

But starting over hasn't been easy.

Like many of his neighbors, he didn't have flood insurance.

So within a few days of the storm, Sonder says his sister began reaching out to FEMA to help

him apply for assistance.

Basically, I went four months without getting one phone call returned from FEMA.

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