Washington, DC — A disaster declaration has been issued by the President for parts of the state, including northwest Iowa.
President Donald Trump has declared that “a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa” and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, Tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding from June 6 to July 2, 2018.
The declaration says that federal funding is available to State, Tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding in the counties of Adair, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dallas, Delaware, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Howard, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Sioux, Story, Warren, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Wright.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, Brock Long, has named Timothy Scranton as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected areas.
