FEMA posted the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, just before 8:15 p.m., the night before many families would be forced to check out of the area hotels housing them. This is the third extension FEMA has granted displaced residents using the agency’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance program in the last week.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended hotel assistance until Jan. 25 for North Carolina residents displaced by Hurricane Helene amid snowfall and frigid temperatures. FEMA said it would be pushing back a Jan.