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US: FEMA head - Rebuild wisely after disasters

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Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has advised lawmakers towards more effective disaster mitigation efforts in order to promote resilience in future disasters, reports News Press. "We have potential risk in places that have not seen a lot of disasters, yet the exposure is tremendous."

According to the article, there have been attempts to build greater protections, such as levees, in places vulnerable to flooding, though Fugate says there needs to be a better correlation between disaster-mitigation projects authorized and the resources subsequently approved towards these projects.

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