Elsewhere, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says that emergency support teams are ready to go if needed to help countries affected by the waves.

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Before Isaac made landfall, FEMA dispatched four Incident Management Assistance Teams to emergency operations centers in Gulf states and positioned two Mobile Emergency Response Support teams and additional resources in locations nearby the areas expected to be affected by the storm.

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Myanmar's state-run media, however, said Tuesday that the country's armed forces have mobilized to provide aircraft, helicopters and other vehicles in preparation for any potential emergency, along with medical and other support teams.

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Prior to the storm making landfall, the President provided Emergency Declarations for states up and down the East Coast, and FEMA pre-deployed teams to support Governors in potentially impacted areas.

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