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THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary
                           (New York, New York)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                   January 15, 1998

                PRESIDENT CLINTON DECLARES MAJOR DISASTER 
                        EXISTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe ice storms, rain, and high winds on January 7, 1998, and continuing.

The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected local governments in the counties of Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Strafford, and Sullivan. Federal funding is available to eligible local governments on a cost-sharing basis for the repair or replacement of public facilities damaged by the severe ice storms, rain, and high winds.

Federal funding is also available on a cost share basis for hazard mitigation measures.

The Agency said that damage surveys are continuing in other areas, and additional assistance and areas may be added after the assessments are completed.

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