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From Hawai‘i Public Radio:
As residents in Chuuk are picking up the pieces after Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday approved a Compact Disaster Declaration for the Federated States of Micronesia.
FEMA provided $8 million to the U.S. Department of State to coordinate relief and recovery assistance to help the affected areas.
This came two months after the storm devastated the island state, leaving 9 people dead, 13,000 displaced and 7,000 homes destroyed or damaged, according to a report.
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