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FEMA funds available to Navajo Nation after blizzard, flooding
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The federal government announced on Wednesday that disaster assistance will be available to assist communities in Navajo Nation that were impacted by severe winter weather and are facing spring flooding due to snowmelt.
The severe winter weather that barraged New Mexico in January hit the Navajo Nation so badly the Nation declared an emergency on Jan. 17 from the blizzard. The winter snows melted into spring flooding which has led to another emergency on the Navajo Nation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance was made available. “We’re very thankful for the money that the federal government has provided,” Navajo Nation spokesman Donovan Quintero said.