Applications submitted for Iselle aid

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According to a statement released Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FEMA has received 16 requests for public assistance from applicants who were impacted during Tropical Storm Iselle.

According to a statement released Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FEMA has received 16 requests for public assistance from applicants who were impacted during Tropical Storm Iselle.

President Barack Obama approved supplemental federal aid to help local government agencies and eligible nonprofit organizations recover from the storm, which hit Hawaii Island on Aug. 7.

A request by Mayor Billy Kenoi for a disaster declaration from Obama that would have allowed for federal relief to individual homeowners impacted by Iselle was denied. An appeal of that decision also was unsuccessful.