President Obama signs emergency declaration over Flint's water crisis

President Obama signs emergency declaration over Flint's water crisis
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Roberto Acosta | [email protected] By Roberto Acosta | [email protected]
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on January 16, 2016 at 3:28 PM, updated January 16, 2016 at 6:17 PM
Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Pablo Martinez Monsivais

FLINT, MI – President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration following a request from Gov. Rick Snyder that would open the door for federal aid to deal with Flint's water crisis.

"The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in Genesee County," reads a statement from FEMA.

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