Lautenberg asks Obama for flood disaster relief

    Not long after asking for help for blizzard relief, New Jersey is looking to the federal government for help with floods from yesterday’s rain.

    Sen. Frank Lautenberg is asking Pres. Barack Obama to approve a federal disaster declaration for parts of the state, the Star-Ledger reports. NJ.com has a map of the areas hit the hardest.

     

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