Disaster declarations

Severe Flooding In Iroquois And Livingston Counties; Federal disaster declaration would help people, businesses recover from flood

January 18, 2008 -- SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today asked President Bush to declare Iroquois and Livingston counties major disaster areas as a result of flooding that devastated areas of those counties last week, damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. A federal disaster declaration would enable people and businesses affected by the floods to apply for grants and loans to help with flood losses.    » read more »

Jan 11, 2008 -- LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has declared Benton, Conway, Craighead, Poinsett and Pope Counties state disaster areas due to the damage caused by thunderstorms and tornadoes on Monday, January 7 and Tuesday, January 8.    » read more »

January 8, 2008 -- Carson City — Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons announced today that the President approved his request for a major disaster declaration for Lyon County. This declaration provides federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and flooding beginning on January 5, 2008.    » read more »

January 7, 2008 -- Reno, NV – Responding to the levee breach that flooded Fernley, U.S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, and Representative Dean Heller of Nevada sent the following letter to President Bush urging swift action to declare the flood a major disaster area.

The President must declare the area a federal emergency before it can become eligible for public assistance to cover the repairs or replacement of infrastructure.

The text of the letter is included below.

January 7, 2008’

The Honorable George W. Bush
President
The White House    » read more »

January 04, 2008 -- DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Chet Culver today received confirmation that Iowa has received a Presidential Disaster Declaration authorized by President Bush for Public Assistance, which means state and local government and eligible non-profit agencies affected by December’s ice storms and severe weather will be eligible to receive federal disaster aid.    » read more »

December 20, 2007 -- JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri Governor Matt Blunt asked President Bush to approve a Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance for 42 Missouri counties as a result of the winter storms that impacted Missouri statewide beginning early December.    » read more »

December 19, 2007 -- OLYMPIA – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today approved the addition of Clallam and Kitsap counties to the individual assistance disaster declaration for this month’s storm and floods. FEMA also approved the state’s request to add six more counties for public assistance, including Clallam, Jefferson, King, Skagit, Snohomish and Wahkiakum.    » read more »

December 18, 2007, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Oklahoma to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms beginning on December 8, 2007, and continuing.    » read more »

December 18, 2007 -- The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms on December 8, 2007, and continuing.

Federal funding is available to State 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 winter storms in the counties of Cleveland, Lincoln, Mayes, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Tulsa, and Wagoner.    » read more »

Gov. Henry Says More Counties Will Be Added to Designation

December 18, 2007 -- Oklahoma City -- President Bush today granted Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry’s request for a major disaster declaration for seven Oklahoma counties impacted by last week’s ice storm. The Governor noted that more counties will be added to the declaration as damage assessment surveys continue across the state.

Gov. Henry praised President Bush for granting the Dec. 15 request.    » read more »

December 17, 2007 -- OLYMPIA – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today announced the state of Washington is requesting that six more counties – Clallam, Jefferson, King, Skagit, Snohomish and Wahkiakum –be added for Public Assistance to the federal disaster declaration for Washington state’s Dec. 2-3 storm and flooding disaster.    » read more »

December 15, 2007 -- OLYMPIA – Washington Governor Gregoire today said that the state has requested that the federal government add Mason, Pacific and Thurston counties to the federal disaster declaration for the storm and flooding that began Dec. 1.    » read more »

December 15, 2007 -- Oklahoma City -- Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry today asked President George Bush for a major disaster declaration for an initial seven Oklahoma counties devastated by the recent ice storm. As more damage assessments are completed, requests will be made for additional counties to be declared.

If approved, cities, towns and counties impacted by last weekend’s ice storm will receive public assistance for expenses related to response and recovery efforts. Gov. Henry noted that preliminary damage assessments continue in counties throughout the state.    » read more »

Attorney General monitors supply and sales of basic consumer goods and services in affected North Coast areas

December 11, 2007 -- Salem – Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced his decision to declare an abnormal disruption of the marketplace in geographical areas affected by last week’s storm, as allowed by Senate Bill 118, the state’s new anti-price gouging law.    » read more »

10 December 2007 -- South Korean officials say they will declare a long stretch of the country's western coastline a disaster area. The move makes residents and businesses eligible for compensation as an enormous oil spill devastates wildlife and fishing resources along the coast. Even with thousands of workers mobilized, the cleanup is expected to take months.

More than 100 boats and nearly 9,000 soldiers, police and civilians fought to limit the damage along the west coast of South Korea Monday as oil from a punctured tanker washes ashore near the city of Taean.    » read more »