By Jon Ward
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The Washington Times
4:thirty a.m., Wednesday, June 18,
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Federal Emergency Administration Agency officials say they may be dealing proactively using the Midwest flooding due to the fact of lessons discovered from failures for the duration of Hurricane Katrina, as President Bush promised swift relief for the 1000's affected.
“A lot of people are going to be wondering, is there short-term help for housing? And there is, and we’ll provide that help,
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Almost 40,000 people have been displaced in Iowa and a few other states by two weeks of flooding. At least five people have been killed by the severe weather.
The danger of further flooding remains as the Mississippi River is expected to crest Wednesday at possibly its highest level ever.
On Tuesday, the river rose so high that it rendered two bridges between Iowa and Illinois impassable and overcame a levee topped with sandbags in Gulfport, Ill., flooding 1000's of acres of farmland.
Rising water is expected to threaten 27 other levees Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Millions of sandags have been stacked around the structures.
“This is going to be the great flood, probably, in many locations,” said Ron Fournier, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
FEMA positioned supplies and personnel north of St. Louis,
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“There’s going to be more flooding. We expect the additional flooding to be minor, but until the water crest passes St. Louis, where the river can hold the volume better than now, we’re going to see flooding in low-lying areas,” Mr. Powers said in a phone interview.
Mr. Powers said that FEMA’s planning in St. Louis is indicative of the change in the agency’s response after failing to deal effectively with Katrina in 2005.
“We’re no longer waiting for the call. We can see from the weather forecasts and the news reports that there is an eminent major event,
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Mr. Bush,
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“I fully understand people are upset when they lose their home. A person’s home is their most valued possession,” Mr. Bush said after being briefed by FEMA administrator R. David Paulison at the White House.
FEMA recently released a housing plan intended to help states provide interim housing up to 18 months for persons whose homes need to be rebuilt or require serious repairs.
Mr. Bush, who is nearing the end of his eight years in office,
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