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Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21

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Congress set a deadline of March 21 to hand out the money when it passed a $100 billion disaster relief package.

Delays are already making it hard this year for some farmers to plant crops.

The late September storm cut a swath from Florida 's Big Bend across eastern Georgia and upstate South Carolina .

Helene is the seventh -most expensive disaster in the United States since 1980 , causing an estimated $78 billion in damage.