W. Craig Fugate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency speaks during a noon news conference on the devastating tornado at City Hall in Moore, Okla, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.(AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT
W. Craig Fugate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency speaks during a noon news conference on the devastating tornado at City Hall in Moore, Okla, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.(AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs.
FEMA's Craig Fugate promises in an interview that officials won't desert Oklahoma, saying "We don't leave here when the cameras leave. We stay here and get the job done." Fugate tells CNN that the agency has enough money to assist the people of Moore, Okla., who were caught in the path of destruction as the nearly 1.3-mile-wide twister struck Monday afternoon. He says officials will work aggressively to help people find temporary housing and says FEMA is working with other officials to get services restored.
The emergency management director arrived in the state Tuesday, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is due there Wednesday.
Associated Press
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