FEMA sends help to East Palestine, Ohio 2 weeks after toxic train disaster

The Biden administration sent federal emergency officials to the site of Ohio’s toxic train derailment Saturday — two weeks after the disaster released a chemical plume that contaminated local streams and caused a mass evacuation of panicked residents.

“US [Environmental Protection Agency] and Ohio EPA have been working together since day one,” Gov. Mike DeWine and Thomas Sivak of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a joint statement late Friday. “Tomorrow, FEMA will supplement federal efforts.” ---More...