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FEMA teams head to Texas
R. David Paulison, acting undersecretary for homeland security, said support teams and supplies were being moved from Florida to Texas as Rita's landfall nears.
Fourteen urban search-and-rescue teams, with a total of 800 members, and 400 medical personnel were being put in place, he said.
He said the Department of
Defense was helping to set up field hospitals to accommodate 2,500 beds, providing
materials to build temporary bridges in case of serious damage to infrastructure,
and organizing food kitchens. In addition, the Department of Transportation
was providing buses for evacuations.
