U.S Army Sergeant First Class Brandon Lemmons says he passes along each day's information to his commanders, and they use it to map out their relief strategies.
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And emergency response teams and relief agencies post essential information on their web sites, to update residents hit by natural disasters like hurricane Sandy.
Five million dollars is going to an organization called InSTEDD (for Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disasters), which looks for gaps in information flow among relief and response organizations.
Full details, including the start date for the relief in various locations and information on how to claim a disaster loss by amending a prior-year tax return, can be found in tax relief announcements for individual states on the IRS website, www.