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Southeast Wisconsin flooding, assessing damage for FEMA response
Emergency officials are on the ground, assessing the flooding damage in southeast Wisconsin. Based on damage numbers already in, Governor Evers asked FEMA to come in for a joint damage assessment. When that joint assessment finishes, Governor Evers can then formally ask President Trump to declare a disaster, freeing up FEMA funds.
Wisconsin requests FEMA assistance after last weekend’s storms, flooding
Since Trump took office, FEMA aid has been hit or miss. Kerr County in central Texas, which saw flash floods on July 4 that killed at least 135 people, including 37 children, received FEMA funding, as did Arkansas after deadly tornadoes, only after it was initially denied.
During a press conference Thursday, Milwaukee County officials said FEMA representatives could be here as early as Monday to ...
The federal agency cannot provide aid to Milwaukeeans until the president officially makes a disaster declaration.
"The damage throughout the area is overwhelming," Mayor Cavalier Johnson said after visiting home with David Crowley and Tammy Baldwin.
After severe floods hit Milwaukee County over the weekend, local officials declared a state of emergency. Why hasn't the ...
Flash floods caused by record-breaking rain across Milwaukee County, Wisconsin has led to the cancellation of the state fair ...
As southeastern Wisconsin reckons with the growing toll of extreme weather events − such as last weekend's 1,000-year flood − the region faces mounting costs to infrastructure, possible displacement, ...
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