The declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency "to coordinate all disaster relief efforts" and "provide appropriate assistance."
The declaration includes Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Cameron, Comal, Duval, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, and Zapata counties in south Texas.
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Gov. Rick Perry contacted the White House Tuesday requesting a pre-landfall emergency declaration for 19 South Texas counties that face possible damage from Tropical Storm Alex.
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