Trump declares California wildfires as 'major emergency', orders federal funding for recovery: White House

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News ID: 26947
Publish Date: 17:34 - 05 August 2018
TEHRAN, August 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a “major disaster” in California and ordered federal funding to be made available to help recovery efforts in areas affected by wildfires, the White House said in a statement on Sunday.

Trump declares California wildfires as 'major emergency', orders federal funding for recovery: White HouseTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a “major disaster” in California and ordered federal funding to be made available to help recovery efforts in areas affected by wildfires, the White House said in a statement on Sunday. 

The White House said Trump had “ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires and high winds beginning on July 23, 2018, and continuing.”

Seven people died in a wildfire in northern California on Saturday, officials said.

Source: Reuters

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