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Report mandated by Congress on Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) information on FEMA-4085-DR-NY for Hurricane Sandy.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left and FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, right, spoke to local residents at a shelter set up at Susan Wagner high school. The shelter is set up to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. FEMA is working with many partners and organizations to assist residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
FEMA opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Rockaway, Queens, N.Y. for residents to learn what programs are available to them and to apply for disaster assistance.
FEMA Corps team Tundra 3 posed for a photo during their deployment to New York to help with Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in 2012.
Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator, spoke with Hurricane Sandy survivors at the Community Church of the Nazarene. Administrator Fugate visited several parts of New York that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, signs of life are returning to the burn zone, an area where 135 homes were destroyed by fire. Twenty to 30 homes are in different stages of construction as the neighborhood rebuilds. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA
On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, signs of life are returning to the burn zone, an area where 135 homes were destroyed by fire. Twenty to 30 homes are in different stages of construction as the neighborhood rebuilds. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA
FEMA Emergency Management Specialist hands out literature to residents at the Elmont Home Depot as part of the third annual Hurricane Preparedness Workshops. More than 700 Home Depot stores from the Gulf Coast to New England participated; FEMA employees volunteered at many of the Home Depot locations for the one-day event that served to raise awareness and help residents prepare for hurricane season, which begins June 1. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA
FEMA Public Assistance (PA) and Mitigation Specialists on a site visit with Long island Power Authority (LIPA) representatives inspect improvements to the system following guidelines set up in the FEMA Storm Hardening Initiative. FEMA’s PA and Mitigation Grant Programs provide assistance to State, Tribal and local governments so that communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA
