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    Tag: Disaster Planning and Response

    FACT FOCUS: A look at the misinformation surrounding Hurricanes Helene and Milton
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    FACT FOCUS: A look at the misinformation surrounding Hurricanes Helene and Milton

    Successive hurricanes that brought death and devastation to parts of the South were made worse by a variety of false and misleading information, some of which is still circulating despite being conclusively proven false. In the final weeks of a closely contested presidential election, the false information became political fodder, particularly in swing states that […]

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    Biden surveys damage from Hurricane Milton, Harris visits church in North Carolina
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    Biden surveys damage from Hurricane Milton, Harris visits church in North Carolina

    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden Sunday will examine the devastation caused to Florida's Gulf Coast Hurricane Milton while calling on Congress to authorize additional emergency disaster relief. Vice President Kamala Harris will spend a second day in North Carolina hit hard by Hurricane Helene, visiting a Black church and holding a campaign rally. Biden's […]

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