Below is an update of disaster recovery activities through the close of business on Thursday, December 4, 2008.

- 37,032 households and business owners have registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

- $23,092,140 in grants has been approved

The DRC's have served residents and businesses affected by the severe storms and flooding from September 21 to October 3, 2008 and are located at:

Peñuelas: Centro de Bellas Artes (Teatro), Calle Juan V. Rodríguez, #413 Peñuelas, PR 00624

Below is an update of disaster activity through the close of business on Thursday:

- 20,284 households and businesses have registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

- $5,641,153 in grants has been approved

- Relief and recovery continues in Georgia

- Massai communities working toward food security in Kenya

U.S. hurricane recovery

"When I walked in I felt like somebody ransacked our house," says Jim Aubel, standing in his driveway in Galveston, TX. "I walked in and I was devastated."

Hurricane Ike struck Galveston September 13 with 110-mph winds and a wall of sea water. As the ocean surge rose, it carried toxic chemicals, effluent and debris into thousands of homes.

Situation

The 11th named storm of a busy hurricane season, Hurricane Kyle flooded homes and businesses in the Caribbean before heading north and dissipating. As many as six people were killed in Puerto Rico, where remote communities are still coping with flooding and landslides. In all, at least 7,000 families have been affected, with some 3,000 homes damaged. Most affected communities are lower-income areas. Likely more

FEMA Administrator David Paulison said the assistance was authorized under a major disaster declaration issued for the state by President Bush. The President's action makes federal funding

...KYLE APPROACHING NOVA SCOTIA...ABOUT TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF DIGBY... YARMOUTH...AND SHELBURNE IN SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM STONINGTON MAINE EASTWARD TO EASTPORT MAINE...SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA...AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

...KYLE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT PASSES NOVA SCOTIA...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT KYLE IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF MAINE IS DISCONTINUED.

THE HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF DIGBY... YARMOUTH...AND SHELBURNE IN SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA

...KYLE PASSING WELL TO THE WEST OF BERMUDA BUT PRODUCING SQUALLY WEATHER ON THE ISLAND...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.

WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR