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Hawarden, Iowa (RI) — Hawarden Mayor Larry Gregg says recovery from the flash flooding two years ago hasn’t been easy, but he says the city is better off in some ways than before the flood.
The mayor says several Hawarden residents have been waiting for payments from FEMA’s buyout program for property owners in flood-prone areas. FEMA payments cover the market value of a home before it was damaged.
Gregg says new housing units are being built in Hawarden as well.
More than 300 homes in Hawarden were damaged by the 2024 flooding.
