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2023-02-19 18:11:43 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CF181BF363A4440757E0513372628F1A87104AC9893C2C52C8547032531197E3
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This is misleading. FEMA has been coordinating with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. A joint statement was published after several news reports said that FEMA had "turned down" DeWine's request for federal disaster assistance. https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/17/ohio-train-derailment-fema/ https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230218/joint-statement-ohio-governor-dewine-and-fema-regional-administrator-sivak https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/17/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-deploys-additional-federal-resources-to-east-palestine-ohio/
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