# Aid To Florida Victims At Record Speed

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More federal and state aid has flowed, and flowed faster, for Hurricane Charley than for any presidentially declared disaster in history.

Total federal and state grants to individuals and families in the twelve days from Charley’s landfall at 5 p.m. on Friday the 13th through Wednesday, August 25 at 11 p.m. have been $66 million. Federal officials say they can recall no other disaster when so much aid flowed so quickly, aided by the processing centers staying open round the clock, with a staff of 1,000. 

“Charley’s victims are getting aid faster than those of any previous disaster, anywhere,” said Bill Carwile, the Federal Emergency Mana

Sources:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=13583)