Trump cuts leave hurricane-hit North Carolina town’s rebuilding plans adrift – in pictures

After Hurricane Helene's flood waters slammed into Lake Lure's century-old dam last September, the resort town was spurred on to seek federal funding for an ambitious rebuilding plan. While the initial response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency seemed encouraging when Joe Biden was president, Donald Trump's plans to shrink or even abolish Fema - and push some of the costs of disaster response on to states - have injected uncertainty into the North Carolina town's recovery