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The president declared Cook County a disaster relief area after Sept. 17 flooding, paving the way for Calumet City and other affected south suburban communities to get relief.
A prolonged commitment because as you could see from the damage behind me, in this house, the homeowner here, the water went up about eight feet, above most people's heads and it flooded the ent the entire basement. they have to evacuate. this is the evidence that the president will see firsthand and showing you why the road to recovery is so long. the president and the federal government will have a long-term commitment and the state leadership said the same thing. that is one of the hardest hit parts of new jersey. they lost people during the flooding last week. the president is going to be ...
Months for the rescue, recovery and restoration of order mission they are going to be dealing with there. more than 32,000 people are now in shelters in texas, as well. the governor also talking about beaumont, texas. and that's where the story is this afternoon. major flooding for a few days, perhaps even a week in the beaumont region of texas. also he gave that website. we have been giving it out as well a great deal. disasterassistance.gov. disaster assistance.gov. the governor saying so far 210,000 people in texas have registered for individual assistance. he encouraged more folks to regis...