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PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES
SHOW PUBLIC PROPERTY
IN THE THREE RHODE
ISLAND COUNTIES MOST
AFFECTED BY SANDY
SUSTAINED MORE THAN A
HALF-BILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE.
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NOW GOVERNOR CHAFEE
IS ASKING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR HELP
IN REPAIRING THAT
DAMAGE.
OUR IN-DEPTH COVERAGE
OF SANDY'S IMPACT
CONTINUES NOW LIVE
FROM OUR NEWSROOM,
WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JENNIFER
MOBILIA.
(J-MO)
FOLLOWING HURRICANE
SANDY - GOVERNOR
LINCOLN CHAFEE WANTS
THE PRESIDENT TO
DECLARE THE HARDEST-
HIT REGIONS OF OUR
STATE AS DISASTER AREAS
-- .
(J-MO)
TODAY GOVERNOR
CHAFEE SIGNED THE
OFFICIAL REQUEST --
SEEKING THE
PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER
DECLARATION.
THAT'S BECAUSE
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES
INDICATE ROADS, BRIDGES
AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN
BRISTOL, NEWPORT AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES....
SUFFERED MORE THAN $5
POINT 5 MILLION DOLLARS
IN DAMAGE FROM SANDY.
AND AS TEAMS ARE NOW
ASSESSING DAMAGE IN
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS
--THAT ESTIMATE IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE.
35: 54 And that is what all
about,
doing these assessments so we
can
apply for the federal assistants
under
the ( ), which is a federal law
enacted in 1988, which was a
version of the 1974 disaster
relief
fund 36: 09
(J-MO)
A PRESIDENTAL
DECLARATION WOULD
ALLOW LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO BE
REIMBURSED FOR THE
COSTS OF REBUILDING
PUBLIC PROPERTIES.
REPORTING LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM, JENNIFER
MOBILIA EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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TONIGHT THE U-S DEATH
TOLL FROM HURRICANE
SANDY HAS CLIMBED