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FEMA Grapples With String Of Natural Disasters
ResumeThe Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is grappling with an onslaught of natural disasters from Alabama to Minnesota to Missouri. The agency is tasked with helping to find shelter for thousands of homeless residents who were victims of recent flooding and tornadoes.
We speak to FEMA's new deputy administrator, Richie Serino, about what the agency is doing to avoid the mishaps that plagued the agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
- Associated Press: Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers
This segment aired on June 1, 2011.