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FEMA commodities are staged in state receiving area before being sent to communities affected by Hurricane Gustav. Local communities request the life-sustaining commodities from the state, who in turn, works with FEMA to deliver them.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency mobilized its Urban Search and Rescue task forces in anticipation of a need to provide life saving actions in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. This clip talks about the team and how they are preparing.

Following the devastating Midwest Floods of 1993, many communities such as Valmayer, Illinois adopted mitigation efforts to protect themselves from repetitive losses. In Spring of 2008, floods threatened many of the same communities, however, the loss of life and property was minimized following local, state, and federal mitigation efforts there. This video features an interview with Tom Andres, Police Chief of Valmayer, Illinois.

The Regional Response Coordination Center in Atlanta manages disasters in the eight states covered by Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The RRCC serves as a unified center for federal agencies to deploy assets and work together with local and state emergency managers until a field office can be established at or near the scene of the disaster.

FEMA commodities are staged in state receiving area in Lufkin, TX on September 2, 2008 before being sent to communities affected by Hurricane Gustav. Local communities request the life-sustaining commodities from the state, who in turn, works with FEMA to deliver them.

Local and state resources clear debris from roads in Baton Rouge, Lousiana on September 2, 2008 to make way for the safe return of residents following Hurricane Gustav

FEMA Urban Search & Rescue teams set up a staging area in Atlanta, Georgia on August 31, 2008 to prepare to respond to Hurricane Gustav. Under Emergency Support Function #9, US&R rapidly deploys to disaster areas to provide life-saving assistance.

A natural disaster like a tornado or hurricane is almost certain to leave behind debris to be cleaned up; Hurricane Ike left behind debris in quantities that are hard to imagine. A debris specialist talks about his and FEMA's public assistance roles in the cleanup efforts after Hurricane Ike.

September 2009 marks five years since Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne struck Florida within three weeks of each other. Emergency managers reflect on their responses to the storms.