Florence will cause flooding disaster Like Katrina, Ex-FEMA administrator Brown says
15 September 2018 |
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Former FEMA Administrator Michael Brown discusses the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and how they can be applied to help avert disaster in the wake of Hurricane Florence.
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