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Bush Declares Emergency in New York State

US President George W. Bush on Saturday declared "an emergency exists" in the state of New York, after a massive blackout in the Northeast and Midwest of the country and southern Canada.

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US President George W. Bush on Saturday declared "an emergency exists" in the state of New York, after a massive blackout in the Northeast and Midwest of the country and southern Canada.

In a press release by the office of the White House press secretary, Bush ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the area impacted by a state-wide power outage on Aug. 14-16.

He authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to "provide appropriate assistance for required measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe for all counties in the State of New York."

The FEMA is authorized to provide up to 5 million dollars for emergency protective measures to state and local governments at 75 percent Federal funding, according to the release.

New York City, the largest metropolis in the state of New York, suffered heavily in the massive power failure, which started on the afternoon of Aug. 14 and left millions of people powerless.

The government has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the outage.

Meanwhile, Bush declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania on Saturday, ordering federal aid to boost state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes and floods last month.

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