Governor says state mobilized, FEMA activated after storm in Gary
At a Gary press event the governor credited a rapid state response and a presidential disaster declaration, said the National Guard and FEMA were mobilized, and announced an investigation into utility outages while pledging state support for debris removal and recovery.
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The governor opened the press event in Gary by describing the storm as catastrophic and said state and federal resources were mobilized immediately to help affected counties. He said the National Guard and local first responders were deployed and that the administration had secured both an emergency declaration and a major disaster declaration to unlock federal aid.
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