The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Florida to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by Tropical Storm Fay beginning on Aug.18 and continuing.FEMA Administrator David Paulison said federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by Tropical Storm Fay in the counties of Brevard, Monroe, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
Paulison named Thomas Davies the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Davies said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
According to authorities, Fay has left 13 dead in the U.S., 11 in Florida and one each in Alabama and Georgia.
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