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From washingtonpost.com :
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday abruptly closed down a trailer site housing Hurricane Katrina victims because of health and safety concerns.
Its residents said they were once again being left in the lurch since losing everything after the storm hit on Aug. 29, 2005.
Although many residents said they would have been happy to keep living on the trailer site, FEMA determined it was too risky because of ongoing problems with raw sewage and periodic power outages.
By Sunday night, FEMA said, 48 of the 58 households affected had places to go, with many moving to other FEMA sites.
The agency continued to look for new places for the other 10 households.
"This is a very quick, decisive move because of concern for the residents," FEMA spokesman Manuel Broussard said.
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Posted on March 5, 2007 10:29 PM
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