News and Media: Disaster 4413

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – More than $100 million in State of Alaska and federal disaster assistance is helping fuel the recovery of residents and businesses that suffered damage from the Nov. 30 Alaska earthquake.

On January 31, 2019, a federal disaster declaration was approved for the Municipality of Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough. More than 10,500 individuals and households in those jurisdictions have applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

BOTHELL, Wash. –The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded three Public Assistance grants totaling $7,903,431 to Alaska’s Anchorage School District. These funds cover restoration of Dimond High School and Gruening Middle School following damages due to the 2018 Alaska Earthquake as well as reimbursements for emergency protective measures taken across the Anchorage School District.