FEMA: FEMA AND Federal Partners Continue Supporting Recovery Efforts in Southeast

FEMA AND Federal Partners Continue Supporting Recovery Efforts in Southeast

Last night, President Obama Signed Major Disaster Declarations for Mississippi and Georgia

Release Date: April 30, 2011
Release Number: HQ-11-49

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WASHINGTON--Since the deadly tornadoes first struck parts of the country earlier this week, the federal government has been in constant contact with all of the impacted states as they responded to and began recovery efforts from these devastating storms.

Yesterday, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate joined the President and the First Lady in Alabama to tour damaged areas and to meet with Governor Robert Bentley and other state and local officials and families affected by the devastation. FEMA's Deputy Administrator Rich Serino was on the ground with Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Thursday, and was in Mississippi with Governor Haley Barbour yesterday.

Tomorrow, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Administrator Fugate, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills will join state and local officials on the ground in Alabama and Mississippi to survey the damage and recovery efforts underway. More details on that trip will be released today.

FEMA: FEMA AND Federal Partners Continue Supporting Recovery Efforts in Southeast