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      <description>The disaster loans are available through the U.S. Small Business Administration to help with losses caused by drought conditions in December 2025.</description>
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      <title>One year later, Pavilion Estate tornado victims continue to face hardship</title>
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      <title>FEMA says deadline to file for grants from summer storms in southeast counties is Friday</title>
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      <description>The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has issued more than 150 million dollars in assistance to residents in Southeast Michigan.</description>
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      <dc:creator>Laura Herberg, Bridge Michigan</dc:creator>
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      <title>10 million dollars goes to disaster assistance in mid-michigan so far</title>
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      <description>Roughly ten million dollars in federal assistance has been provided to residents impacted by flooding that hit mid-Michigan June 22-27.Residents in…</description>
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      <title>Mid-Michigan counties wait to hear back on state, federal disaster assistance</title>
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      <description>Four mid-Michigan counties are scrambling to come up with an estimated $100 million to cover flood damages from June’s heavy rainfall event.Seven inches…</description>
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