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Out Of Sight Is Out Of Mind: Small Communities Like Marshalltown, Iowa, Struggle To Cope In The Shadow Of Larger Disasters

A News21 analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data shows those smaller disasters accounted for more than 60 percent of all federally declared disasters between 2003 and 2018 but received at least $57.3 billion less in public assistance from FEMA.