PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR STATE OF
MISSOURI
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230425/president-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-state-missouri]


Release Date: 
June 2, 2017 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) announced 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, tornadoes,
straight-line winds, and flooding from April 28 to May 11, 2017.

The President's action makes federal funding available to affected
individuals in Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin,
Gasconade, Howell, Jasper, Jefferson, Madison, Maries, McDonald,
Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot, Phelps, Pulaski, Reynolds,
Ripley, Shannon, St. Louis, Stone, Taney, and Texas counties.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs,
low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs
to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of
the disaster.

Federal funding is available to state and local governments and
certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for
emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged
facilities damaged by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line
winds, and flooding in Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden,
Carter, Cedar, Christian, Cole, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas,
Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell, Iron, Jefferson, Lawrence,
Madison, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Osage,
Ozark, Perry, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon,
St. Louis, Stone, Taney, Texas, Washington, Wayne, Webster, and Wright
counties.

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

Michael L. Parker has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer
for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Parker said
additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by
the results of damage assessments.

Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated
area can apply for assistance by registering online at
www.DisasterAssistance.gov [http://www.DisasterAssistance.gov] or by
calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362).  Disaster assistance applicants, who
have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY, should call
1-800-462-7585 directly; for those who use 711 or Video Relay Service
(VRS), call 1-800-621-3362. The toll-free telephone numbers will
operate from 7 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (local time) seven days a week until
further notice.

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