United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced on Wednesday temporary flight restrictions “near or around rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene.”
Buttigieg stated, “Our goal is to make sure that funding is no obstacle to very quickly get people the relief that they need and deserve.”
‘This is biblical-level devastation. This is apocalyptic, the things that we see out there.’
“There’s also some safety issues that come up,” he continued. “For example, temporary flight restrictions to make sure that the airspace is clear for any flights or drone activity that might be involved in helping to allow those emergency responders to do their job.”
The Transportation Department posted a video of Buttigieg’s comments, adding, “Drone pilots: Do not fly your drone near or around rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene. Interfering with emergency response operations impacts search and rescue operations on the ground.”
During a Wednesday press briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that the federal government lacks the funds to fully respond to such disasters, Blaze News previously reported.
“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds,”