PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
FOR NEBRASKA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210906/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-nebraska]


Release Date: 
septembre 6, 2021 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance
has been made available to the state of Nebraska to supplement state,
tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe
storms and straight-line winds from July 9-10, 2021.

Federal funding also is available to state, tribal 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 and straight-line winds in Box
Butte, Cass, Clay, Douglas, Fillmore, Grant, Hall, Hamilton, Madison,
Sarpy, Saunders, Sheridan, Washington and York counties.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures statewide.

Robert Haywood has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected areas. Haywood said
additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by
the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.