Oklahoma Governor Henry Requests Public Assistance for Four Counties

February 10, 2009 -- Oklahoma City — Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry today requested that President Obama grant public assistance to four counties hard hit by the ice storm that began Jan. 26. If approved, the designation would deliver federal funding to assist municipalities, counties and rural electric cooperatives with infrastructure repairs, debris removal and costs associated with responding to the storm.

The counties in the request are Adair, Cherokee, Delaware and Hughes. In these counties alone, the storm resulted in an estimated $7.3 million in infrastructure damage and response costs. Other counties can be added to the request as additional damages are identified.

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The same storm system, which moved through the east central region of the nation, resulted in federal disaster declarations for public assistance for Kentucky and Arkansas.

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