Record Hurricane Season Strains FEMA Resources

NPR | By Christopher Joyce

Published September 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

As Floridians clean up after Jeanne, the head of FEMA says the agency's resources have never been stretched so thin. Four hurricanes haven't struck one state in one season since 1886, in Texas. Florida's post-hurricane work could continue for another year. Hear NPR's Christopher Joyce.

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