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(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is expediting a request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Iowa counties with significant damage from severe storms and widespread flooding that occurred on June 21st and is still ongoing.
The request is for activation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance Program, and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans for the following nine counties: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux.
Additionally, the letter requests the activation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program for the following twenty-two (22) counties: Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth and Wright.
Reynolds is also requesting funding to conduct hazard mitigation activities for the entire state.
The full request letter can be read HERE.