Homeland Security chief touring flooded RI
WARWICK, RI
Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy
Administrator Richard Serino are visiting the state Friday to tour
flood-damaged areas and meet with Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee)
and members of the state's congressional delegation. They are
discussing response and recovery efforts.
Rhode Island was hit the hardest by record-setting storms that
struck the Northeast this month. Carcieri has called it the worst
flooding the state had seen in 200 years.
The floods forced hundreds from their homes, closed major
highways and even flooded a huge mall. Carcieri estimates damages
in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
