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2 Virginia Localities Declared Primary Disaster Areas

Isle of Wight County and the city of Suffolk in Virginia have been declared as primary disaster areas because of damage caused by excessive heat, storms and excessive rainfall in 2011. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said …

More Than $25.2M in Virginia Quake Aid OK’d

More than $25.2 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help residents, businesses and local governments in Virginia recover from last summer’s earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the total includes individual and public assistance, along with …

New Hampshire Governor Seeks Disaster Declaration

New Hampshire’s governor is requesting that an emergency be declared for the entire state for federal aid to help clean up from the weekend’s snowstorm that dumped more than 30 inches of snow on parts of the state, causing widespread …

New York Team to Assess Recovery in Flooded Communities

As frustration has built in flood-ravaged upstate New York towns nearly two months after back-to-back tropical storms, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy is visiting the sites to assess progress. Despite state and federal officials’ assurances of a quick recovery in the …