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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 -- President Bush visits with the many volunteers and members of local, state and federal agencies including FEMA who came to help the people of Greensburg affected by the F5 tornado that ravaged the small Kansas town Friday (5-4-07). The President declared Kiowa County as a major disaster area for tornadoes and flooding. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- President Bush toured Greensburg - and then thanked the many people who came to help the small city's people. FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, center, and Dick Hainje, right, Region 7 administrator, who are heading FEMA's part in the response, fully briefed the president, who on Saturday (5-5-07) signed the declaration for Kiowa County as a major disaster area. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, flanked by Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, right, and Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, head of the Kansas Air National Guard, toured the small town hit by a powerful tornado Friday (5-4-07). Nearly every home in the community was destroyed or badly damaged, and more than two dozen people died or suffered serious injuries. The area was declared a major disaster area Saturday (5-5-07) by the president. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Crystal Payton, a FEMA public affairs officer, assists the first people to apply for state and federal assistance at the Disaster Assistance Center set up at the courthouse in the Kansas town. Greensburg suffered massive and widespread damage and death and serious injury to more than two dozen persons when hit by a major tornado Friday. The area was declared a major disaster area by the president Saturday. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison joined in the news conference held today in the heart of the small Kansas town where more than two dozen persons were killed or severely injured when an F5 tornado smashed through their community Friday (5-4-07), leaving 95 percent of the homes and businesses in ruin. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-07 --- Larry Sommers, a special assistant for the Federal Coordinating Officer, hands the first set of FEMA travel trailer keys to a family displaced by the F5 tornado. Greensburg is working to recover from the tornado that destroyed the town on May 4, 2007. Three trailers at Fluff's Campground in Bucklin, 19 miles west of Greensburg, are now occupied. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison thanks a volunteer for the help she is giving to the people of Greensburg. President Bush declared the small city and surrounding Kiowa County a disaster area the day after the tornado hit. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- R. David Paulison, FEMA administrator, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius confered today at the heart of the small Kansas town that was nearly destroyed Friday (5-4-07) by an F5 tornado a mile and a half wide. Paulison and Sebelius flew over Greensburg in a Kansas National Guard helicopter for a first-hand view of the widespread destruction. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison briefed media on FEMA's role in response and recovery for Greensburg, the small Kansas town torn apart Friday (5-4-07) by an F5 tornado. Flanking Paulison is Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. Todd Tiarht, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- President Bush thanking volunteers and members of federal, state and local agencies who came to the small city to help. The President toured Greensburg to see firsthand destruction caused by the F5 tornado Friday (5-4-09). After a two-hour briefing, Bush was joined by R. David Paulison, FEMA administrator, center, and Richard Hainje, administrator of Region 7. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

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label_outline Explore Hainje, Flooding Greensburg, Michael Raphael

Men eating at Salvation Army. Newport News, Virginia

Washington, D. C. , DC, August 12, 2010 -- FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate speaks at a Red Cross Summit on using social media during disasters. FEMA/Bill Koplitz

Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Bismarck, N. D. , May 22, 2009 -- Cheryl Copeland [right] and Jerry Frye [left center] counsel customers at Sam's Club. Copeland and Frye discuss the value of flood insurance as the best way to protect their homes. Michael Raphael/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 11, 2007 - Work on the group site in south Greensburg is progressing rapidly. Plans are for as many as 350 units. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

A volunteer with the San Juan Salvation Army help set

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Pedro L. Emmanuelli, right,

Dakota Meyer, 23, repairs damaged wires under a harley

Coastal Storm ^ Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm ^ Severe Storm - East Haven, Conn. , September 16, 2011 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, met with FEMA, State and local officials at the FEMA DRC in East Haven, which is in the district represented by Rosa DeLauro (right of Pelosi). Connecticut FCO Stephen De Blasio spoke extensively to Pelosi in outlining FEMA's recovery efforts. Photo by Michael Raphael/FEMA

Northeast MO, June 24, 2008 -- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Mike Karl, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency Director (SEMA) Ron Reynolds, and FEMA Region 7 Director Dick Hainje surveying along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers during a fact finding fly-over. Using both traditional and electronic mapping, the three flew along the rivers to gain first hand knowledge about the scope and extent of the flooding. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Hillside, N. J. , Nov. 5, 2011 -- Volunteers (including students from Seton Hall University and Kean University in New Jersey) sort and pack donated food at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. The Food Bank is a state member of Feeding America, a national organization that is a member of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD). Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA.

Panama City, FL., Nov. 7, 2018--Best Buy employees

Solo. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California

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