Obama authorizes disaster aid to 9 Nebraska counties
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Nancy Gaarder
About 130 workers in Wayne, Neb., dont know if theyll still be employed by the end of the year.
The City of Chadron has yet to reopen its largest city park.
And in central Nebraska, county roads remain washed out.
Communities across Nebraska have yet to recover from a powerful October weather system that included a blizzard, torrential rains and tornadoes.
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 26, 2013
President Obama Signs Nebraska Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of October 2-6, 2013.
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 storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding in the counties of Adams, Dawes, Dixon, Howard, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thurston, and Wayne.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Elizabeth Turner as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.
FEMA said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT: FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR FEMA-NEWS-DESK@DHS.GOV
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/26/president-obama-signs-nebraska-disaster-declaration
Grins
(7,128 posts)He should have gone to Nebraska and, like Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie, had a photo op with Nebraska's Reich-wing governor, just to watch the Reich-wingers howl.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Took piano lessons at Wayne State College. Thanks, Omaha Steve.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)after searching around i found out that the grazing disaster relief program is still unfunded.
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