The federal declaration mobilized national resources for one of the Northeast’s worst postwar floods, demonstrating the federal government’s growing role in large-scale disaster response and recovery.
On August 19, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared major disaster areas and authorized federal assistance for states hit by catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Diane.
The federal declaration mobilized national resources for one of the Northeast’s worst postwar floods, demonstrating the federal government’s growing role in large-scale disaster response and recovery.
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