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Demeter

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Sun May-29-11 10:30 AM
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46. FEMA could run out of rebuilding money

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-05-26-FEMA-disaster-relief-funds_n.htm

The federal government could run out of money to help communities such as Joplin, Mo., rebuild from the recent devastating tornadoes and flooding.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has $2.4 billion in its Disaster Relief Fund to last through Sept. 30 and is seeking $1.8 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Lawmakers from both parties say those sums are not enough to pay for the billions in damage caused by the extraordinary string of weather-related disasters this spring...

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