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Travels to the Gulf with landfall

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expected in the Big Bend area . Still

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late Thursday evening . That's

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hey , Mike Cornella with the US Army

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Corps of Engineers serving with the

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emergency management office is an

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emergency management specialist as we

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prepare for hurricane Helene . You know ,

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the Corps has got a very unique role .

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Besides all of the projects that we

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normally do on a day to day basis for

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the state counties and cities and the

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military . We also activate and

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perform duties in response to

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hurricanes and natural disasters . And

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so under our own authorities , we go

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out and we help local governments and

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the state with flooding and other types

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of situations that could be served by

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an engineer force . But also we support

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FEMA under the national response

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framework . When FEMA calls , we

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provide engineering and infrastructure

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services to the affected areas until

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those areas can become self sufficient

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once more .