Harvey: At least 9 nine dead
August 29th, 2017- The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said on Monday that he expected more than 450,000 people to apply for federal assistance.
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For the time being, efforts are focused on the most basic elements of keeping people alive — plucking stranded survivors from the flood, providing shelter, food and water, and restoring electricity to hundreds of thousands of people who were left without power.
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FEMA was shipping two million liters of water and two million meals to the region.
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Other government agencies, charities and corporations were also moving supplies into the region.
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Governor Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard to aid in rescue and recovery, raising the number of troops involved to 12,000 from 3,000.