PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
FOR MISSOURI
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220111/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-missouri]


Release Date: 
January 11, 2022 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance
has been made available to the state of Missouri to supplement state
and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms,
straight-line winds and tornadoes on Dec. 10, 2021.

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 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes in Bollinger,
Dunklin, Iron, Madison, Pemiscot, Reynolds and Wayne counties.

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

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