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An oil slick caused by a spill from an offshore rig was spotted off the shore of Newport Beach. The Pacific Airshow was cancelled for cleanup efforts.

An oil slick caused by a spill from an offshore rig was spotted off the shore of Newport Beach. The Pacific Airshow was cancelled for cleanup efforts.

Counties. we've had six major counties that have major disaster declarations. we're pushing for more. we sent a letter to the president asking for declarations for nearly every new jersey county, and we also joined as a delegation urging the appropriators to do a supplemental for disaster relief, and certainly ida has been a huge disaster coming on the heels of just the ninth anniversary of superstorm sandy. so this is a critical moment, and as i heard the report before i got on, this is what a disaster declaration is all about. it's about helping people financially get back in their homes, he...

Late sunday night the president within hours of request from governor hochul of new york and governor murphy of new jersey approved major disaster declarations in those states and as is typical with the declarations, started with initial areas designated for assistance and we have people on the ground right now who are working on completing damage assessments to be able to add on additional areas for assistance. but people need not wait to register for that assistance if they go to disasterassistance.gov or download the fema app or call 1-800-621-fema. >> you were dealing with a lot at fema, y...

White house, headed for the northeast to get a firsthand look at the damage left by hurricane ida. elsie huge parts of new jersey and new york remain decimated by deadly flooding. ida killing at least 45 people in those two states. some swept away by cars, others drowning in their own homes. new disaster declarations mean parts of both states are eligible for federal aid, but even that is fraught with complaints from counties left off the list of those eligible for aid. and down in louisiana which got hit by ida first, more than 400,000 homes are still in the dark, nine days after the storm ro...