Press Secretary Gibbs, FEMA Admin. Fugate discuss disaster responses at White House
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (R) and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate speak with reporters during the White House Daily Briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on May 11, 2010. Fugate discussed the ongoing response and recovery efforts related to the recent severe weather and flooding in Tennessee. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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President Barack Obama told Oklahomans Sunday Washington will be "with you every step of the way" as the state recovers from last week's devastating tornado.
Cleanup crews fanned out Wednesday across Moore, Okla., devastated by a massive tornado that killed at least 24 people two days earlier.
The National Weather Service Tuesday upgraded the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., to an EF-5 as Gov. Mary Fallin pledged, "We will get through this."
Maryland will appeal a finding that the state was not hit hard enough by superstorm Sandy to qualify for federal disaster aid, the state administration says.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited New York City's Staten Island Sunday to survey relief efforts and cleanup progress.
The U.S. death toll from superstorm Sandy reached 88 and the number of homes and businesses without electricity fell to 4.9 million, officials said Thursday.
U.S. President Obama said Wednesday victims of Hurricane Sandy will "get all the help you need" and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said "we will get up."
President Barack Obama went to New Jersey Wednesday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Sandy while Republican nominee Mitt Romney campaigned in Florida.
Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, was blamed for at least 39 U.S. deaths and its capacity for damage was nowhere near over, officials said Tuesday.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, pushing a massive storm surge and leaving millions of people without power along the East Coast.
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