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for their work over the past several days, which has saved lives and property up and down the east coast. we continue to have search and rescue personnel on alert as well as water, food and other needed resources. and moving forward, fema's working with state and local responders to assess damage and assist in the recovery. i do want to underscore that the impacts of this storm will be felt for some time. and the recovery effort will last for weeks or longer. power may be out for days in some areas, and we will support our state and local partners in every way that we can as they wor...