And for those who can't bring in a sellable crop at all, there's always that old standby: federal emergency assistance for farmers who lose their crops to some unkindness of nature.

ECONOMIST: Farming

As for outside help, World Vision announced Sunday that it "has put its emergency response team in India on standby" to provide relief as requested.

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Dan Garrett, operations manager at the trust's Coxheath base near Maidstone, Kent, said staff used specialist software to predict where many emergency calls would come from, and vehicles would be on standby in those areas so crews could be in the right place at the right time.

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Sweden: Rescue Authority said it was on standby to supply water purifying equipment, health care supplies and emergency shelters if needed.

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We have an emergency rulemaking that was announced yesterday that would ease some of the requirements for standby equipment around the country for other operations that could flow those to the Gulf as well.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing