PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220802/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-south-dakota]


Release Date: 
août 2, 2022 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has
been made available to the state of South Dakota to supplement state,
tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe
storm, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding during the period
June 11-14, 2022.

Federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures, including direct
federal assistance to Butte, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, McPherson and
Spink counties.

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

Alana B. Kuhn has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected area. Additional
designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and
warranted by the results of further assessments.