Disaster Declaration

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President Bush yesterday declared a major Disaster in Kentucky, making federal aid available to areas damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ike last month. ...

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The Hurricane Ike Disaster Declaration for Harris, Galveston and more than 80 other Texas counties has been extended through Nov. 6. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 35 days ago
CONCORD, N.H. -- Last month's flooding has been declared a Disaster by the federal government, opening the door for public assistance for three counties. ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 32 days ago
AUSTIN — As Hurricane Ike whisked toward the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Perry issued Disaster declarations Monday for 88 Texas counties, allowing officials to initiate preparedness efforts. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 38 days ago
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Source: www.wtopnews.com --- 36 days ago
Hanna is due to arrive in Maryland as early as Saturday morning. ...

Source: www.weatherplus.com --- 29 days ago
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett declared a "state of Disaster" in Harris County Thursday morning, granting him wide-ranging powers to control evacuations, rescue efforts and the closure of county facilities. ...

Source: blogs.kansas.com --- 7 days ago
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday signed a State of Disaster Emergency for 11 Kansas counties affected by severe storms, heavy rains and flooding that began Sept. 11. The counties named in the Declaration are Anderson, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Lyon, Russell, Sedgwick, and Sumner. “Although people often think of tornadoes as the big destructive force [...] ...

Source: www.koat.com --- 9 days ago
The U.S. Small Business Administration will provide assistance to repair flood damage to homes and businesses in Lincoln County and neighboring areas. ...

Source: www.citizen-times.com --- 7 days ago
Gov. Mike Easley has asked federal officials to declare Disaster areas for most of the state, and nearly all of Western North Carolina, because of crop loss in the drought. ...

Source: www.enterprisenews.com --- 35 days ago
Gov. Deval Patrick has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to open the door for federal Disaster assistance for about 1,100 commercial shellfishermen and 35 shellfish farmers in the state affected by this year’s red tide outbreak. The Patrick administration on Friday asked the Department of Commerce to declare a commercial fishery failure following the closure of more than 600,000 acres of shellfish beds in the state at various times this spring and summer. The Patrick administration estimates that the direct impact to shellfishermen totaled more than $1.5 million in lost revenue. But overall losses to shellfish processors, retailers and other related businesses may have totaled nearly $7 million. “The closures have caused (an) economic impact on certain Massachusetts communities where shellfishing is a major component of annual income for some fishermen,” Patrick wrote in his letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. “This Disaster assistance is requested to help sustain shellfish fishing and prevent a local collapse of the industry.” The state typically sees an annual outbreak of red tide in the Gulf of Maine, but the outbreak levels were particularly strong this year, requiring the state Division of Marine Fisheries to temporarily close many shellfish areas on the North Shore, the South Shore, Boston Harbor and Cape Cod. ...

Source: www.news-tribune.net --- 2 days ago
Surrounding counties including Clark, Harrison and Crawford have been added to the list by President George Bush. Federal assistance is included with the classification, something England said the city and county needs. ...

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Source: www.wmdt.com --- 44 minutes ago
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