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Tent City Closes As 4 More Counties Seek Ike Help

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Oct 27, 2008 7:03 am US/Central

Tent City Closes As 4 More Counties Seek Ike Help

(AP) Four Texas counties have been added to a federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Ike, which hit the state last month.

The latest declaration makes local governments, tribal governments and some private nonprofits in Anderson, Bowie, Leon and Milam counties eligible to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance.

FEMA also said Saturday that local governments in Grimes, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, San Jacinto, Walker and Wallace counties now are eligible to apply for money for repairs or replacements for public infrastructure.

FEMA said in a news release that the addition of the four counties brings to 39 the number that are eligible for public assistance.

Ike caused $11 billion in damage to the state, Gov. Rick Perry said. 

A tent city on Galveston that was home to as many as 800 displaced Hurricane Ike residents has closed.

A new shelter complex, also using tents, was operating Monday near Scholes International Airport and run by Baptist Child and Family Services.

The organization, under contract from the state, is helping care for more than 350 people who relocated Sunday from the previous Red Cross facility.

The first tent city complex, at an old elementary school, opened shortly after Ike slammed Galveston on Sept. 13.

Red Cross disaster administrator Carlos Garcia-Velez says the closure marked the group's end of emergency operations and transition to recovery efforts.


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