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Margate City, NJ, January 20, 2010 FEMA Public Assistant Coordinator Jose Landron explains how the Public Assistance program works in a kick-off meeting with officials in Margate City. FEMA and the state of New Jersey are continuing the kick off meetings which began in early January. Michael Medina-Latorre/FEMA

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New York City, NY, January 22, 2010 — Deputy Administrator Richard Serino addressed the audiences at the Swear-In Ceremony for new FEMA Region II - Regional Administrator, Lynn Gilmore Canton. Elissa Jun/FEMA

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President Declares Major Disaster For North Carolina
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — For the second time in as many months, Virginia is preparing for a major winter storm that could drop up to 10 inches or more of snow across the southern portion of the state.

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New York City, NY, January 26, 2010 — Deputy Administrator Richard Serino thanks the members of New York-Task Force One for their life-saving work in Haiti. Elissa Jun/FEMA

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Ocean City, NJ, November 17, 2009 — Damaged dunes from Tropical Depression Ida and nor easter in Ocean City. Elissa Jun/FEMA

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Federal and Commonwealth emergency response officials are teaming up with Home Depot to provide information on rebuilding stronger after the flooding caused by the November nor easter / remnants of Tropical Depression Ida.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released $1,176,705 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to the Los Angeles Unified School District to perform structural retrofits to classrooms in Manhattan Elementary School.