PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
FOR WEST VIRGINIA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240528/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-west]


Release Date: 
5월 28, 2024 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is
available to the state of West Virginia to supplement recovery efforts
in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and
mudslides from April 11-12, 2024.

Public Assistance federal funding is available to the 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, flooding,
landslides and mudslides in Boone, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer,
Hancock, Lincoln, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler and Wetzel counties.

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

Jeffery L. Jones 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.