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(Iowa) -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Harrison County.
The proclamation is in response to severe damage to highways and federal aid routes sustained during storms beginning on September 29th. It allows state resources to be used in recovery efforts and activates the Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program, which allows federal funding to be used to cover the costs of repairing federal-aid roadways, bridges, and other infrastructure that has suffered severe damage as a result of a natural disasters or sudden structural failures.
The proclamation is effective immediately and will remain in place for 30 days unless terminated early to extended.