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As parts of Pennsylvania rebuild from damage caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, more than $14 million in additional federal money is slated to help with the recovery.

Most of that funding — at least $11.6 million, according to a draft spending plan released by the state Department of Community and Economic Development — is earmarked for rural Tioga County, which the federal government identified as the area most impacted by the daylong deluge that brought heavy rain and subsequent flooding i

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