RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Hurricane relief bill passed its second and third reading on the NC House floor and will now be sent to Governor Cooper.

The total $8.8 billion requested is comparable to the help Washington has provided for other disasters since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

• Gov. Cooper is asking for an additional $6.3 billion in federal recovery
• Historic rains and flooding left the state with damages worth $17 billion
• The state has already committed $850 million

Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday asked congressional budget-writers and the state's congressional delegation to provide another $6.3 billion in federal recovery funds on top of the $2.5 billion already expected.

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The federal funding will make up for about half the total $17 billion in damage from September's historic rains and flooding. 

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The state has already committed $850 million. The General Assembly this week is discussing a plan to add another $300 million to help rebuild damaged schools and compensate farmers whose crops and livestock were destroyed.