WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS JUST TWO HOURS AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR 56 IOWA COUNTIES THEY INCLUDE POLK, DALLAS, AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. THE FULL LIST CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, KCCI.COM. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS REQUESTED THE DECLARATION ON THURSDA IT NOW DESIGNATES FEDERAL AID EQUALLING NEARLY $1.6 BILLIO THAT’S MONEY THAT SHOULD GO TO THE VICTIMS, INCLUDING HOMEOWNERS, AND BUSINESSES HERE IN POLK COUNTY, FLOODING HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON GRAY’ LAKE. WE DROVE BY IT TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE, THE WATER IS STILL VERY HIGH THERE. THE LAKE IS OUT OF ITS BANKS A COVERING PART OF WALKING TRAIL. THE WATER WAS SO HIGH LAST WEEK IT FORCED OFFICIALS TO CLOSE DOWN A BUSY PART OF FLEUR DRIVE, FOR DAYS TODAY’S PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION COMES JUST ONE DAY AFTER GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLD LAUNCHED A 2-1-1 FLOOD HOTLINE TO HELP IMPACTED IOWAN YOU CAN GET TO THE WEBSITE BY VISITING FLOODS29.IOWA.GOV. THE WORST DAMAGE CAN BE FOUND IN WESTERN IOWA AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. ON THURSDAY THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR 9 NEBRASKA COUNTIES. JUST LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, IN THE OMAHA SUBURB, OF BELLEVUE. DRONE VIDEO SHOWS MILES AND MILES OF WATER JUST LOOK AT THAT. NEBRASKA OFFICIALS ESTIMATE FARMERS LOST $400 MILLION-WORTH OF CROPS AND ANOTHER $400 MILLION, OF LIVESTOC FORECASTER
Trump approves federal disaster declaration for Iowa
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Updated: 6:32 PM CDT Mar 23, 2019
The president has approved Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request for an expedited major disaster declaration for 56 Iowa counties impacted by flooding along the Missouri River and in other parts of the state -- a severe weather event that has caused an estimated $1.6 billion in damage. The declaration, issued Saturday, provides federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, and it opens the door to grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help affected residents. The emergency declaration will be “instrumental to Iowa’s recovery,” Reynolds said in a statement. “We are incredibly grateful for the president’s consistent and timely action in the face of disaster. The road to recovery will be long, but it’s clear that Iowans will have the resources we need to rebuild.” More than 1,200 homes in Iowa have been destroyed or extensively damaged, while another 23,540 have at least minor damage, the governor said. Cost estimates indicate the flooding has caused more than $480 million in damage to homes, while businesses have suffered $300 million in damage. Agriculture damage is estimated at $214 million. “We’re just beginning the season, so this isn’t something we can think about for two years,” Reynolds said. “We need to figure out a way to secure our communities and our farmland and start to repair the agricultural levees and focus on the (Army) Corps (of Engineers) levees that have been compromised.”RELATED: Midwest flooding has killed livestock, ruined harvests and has farmers worried for their futureThe 56 counties available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program are Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jasper, Kossuth, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marshall, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O’Brien, Osceola, Page, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Tama, Union, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury and Wright.Flooding in Nebraska has caused an estimated $1.4 billion in damage. The state received Trump’s federal disaster assistance approval Thursday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The president has approved Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request for an expedited major disaster declaration for 56 Iowa counties impacted by flooding along the Missouri River and in other parts of the state -- a severe weather event that has caused an estimated $1.6 billion in damage.
The declaration, issued Saturday, provides federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, and it opens the door to grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help affected residents.
The emergency declaration will be “instrumental to Iowa’s recovery,” Reynolds said in a statement. “We are incredibly grateful for the president’s consistent and timely action in the face of disaster. The road to recovery will be long, but it’s clear that Iowans will have the resources we need to rebuild.”
More than 1,200 homes in Iowa have been destroyed or extensively damaged, while another 23,540 have at least minor damage, the governor said. Cost estimates indicate the flooding has caused more than $480 million in damage to homes, while businesses have suffered $300 million in damage. Agriculture damage is estimated at $214 million.
“We’re just beginning the season, so this isn’t something we can think about for two years,” Reynolds said. “We need to figure out a way to secure our communities and our farmland and start to repair the agricultural levees and focus on the (Army) Corps (of Engineers) levees that have been compromised.”
The 56 counties available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program are Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jasper, Kossuth, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marshall, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O’Brien, Osceola, Page, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Tama, Union, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury and Wright.
Flooding in Nebraska has caused an estimated $1.4 billion in damage. The state received Trump’s federal disaster assistance approval Thursday.
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