Sentences with phrase «as federal disaster areas»

«I think we need more time, particularly the communities designated as federal disaster areas,» he said.

Whenever there is disaster somewhere in the United States and the President of the United States declares that area a «Federal Disaster Area», FHA's 203 (h) program is available to all residents in the areas declared by the President as a federal disaster area.

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Across the 55 - county disaster area in Texas and Louisiana, nearly one in 20 sites were out as of Tuesday, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will request 30 billion dollars in disaster aid from the federal government as New York City and other areas of the state continue to dig out from Hurricane Sandy.

Twenty members of New York's House delegation are calling on President Obama to name seven six additional counties as disaster areas in order for them to be eligible for federal aid.

-------------------------- The federal government has designated 24 New York counties as natural disaster areas following a severe summer drought that has adversely impacted some water supplies and farms.

This comes as FEMA is trying to determine whether a federal disaster declaration is warranted in the area impacted by this year's Lake Ontario - related flooding.

Nixon's visit to Hoosick Falls strikes at the legacy of an environmental disaster that brought widespread criticism on the response to the crisis by Cuomo's administration and subsequently resulted in areas of Hoosick Falls being declared as federal and state superfund sites.

But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.

Through Section 203 (h), the Federal Government helps victims in Presidentially designated disaster areas recover by making it easier for them to get mortgages and become homeowners or re-establish themselves as homeowners.

Other aspects such as wars, large - corporation hacks, changes in federal laws and regulations, and natural disasters of highly economically productive areas may also influence a significant decline in the NYSE value of a wide range of stocks.

G.I. Wishes» in - development disaster response plan, which has the backing of federal, state and local agencies, as well as the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture and several Tulsa - area rescue groups and veterinary clinics, is expected to be fully operational by January 2015.

Love Canal remains a seminal study in environmental chemistry, the first declared Federal Disaster Area due to man - made causes, and as the event that started the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund program for identifying and cleaning up industrial waste sites.

As of July 1, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had declared disaster areas in 19 states in 2002 — the result of ice storms, flooding, snowstorms, tornados, earthquakes, and wildfires.