FEMA chief: Sandy fund should last until spring

Published December 4, 2012 10:29pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday there’s enough money in the government’s disaster relief fund for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts until early spring.

FEMA Director Craig Fugate told the House Transportation Committee that the fund still has about $4.8 billion that can be dispersed. So far, the government has distributed about $2 billion in aid to the 11 states struck by the late October storm.

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