The city of Graham is receiving nearly $16 million in federal funding to repair infrastructure damaged by Tropical Storm Chantal.
FEMA is awarding the money to repair the Graham-Mebane Lake Spillway, a structure that helps floodwater drain safely.
The spillway was damaged in July 2025, when Chantal dropped 10 inches of rain on the area over a 12-hour period. Local officials described the event as a thousand-year storm.
The Graham project accounts for nearly half of the $33 million FEMA recently awarded for disaster recovery projects across North Carolina.
Other funding will support road and infrastructure repairs in western North Carolina.