PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR
KANSAS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/president-donald-j-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-kansas-0]


Release Date: 
October 19, 2018 

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today
that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state
of Kansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas
affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding from
Sept. 1 to Sept. 8, 2018.

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, straight-line winds, and flooding
in Barber, Clay, Kingman, Kiowa, Marshall, Pratt, Rice, and Riley
counties.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures statewide.
Paul Taylor has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected area. Taylor said
additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by
the results of further damage assessments. 

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