Gov.Tony Evers Requests Preliminary Damage Assessment
Sunday, August 4th, 2019 -- 10:45 AM
Gov.Tony Evers has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) toconduct a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) later this month for 19 Wisconsin counties and tribes hit hard by severe storms, flooding, straight line winds and tornadoes.
According to the Associated Press, this is the first step in potentially requesting federal disaster aid for local governments as they recover from the storms. Teams comprised of officials with FEMA and WEM will work with local, tribal and state officials in viewing public infrastructure damage in Barron, Clark, Forest, La Crosse, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Polk, Portage, Rusk, Vernon, Waupaca, and Wood counties. In addition, FEMA will assess damage on tribal lands of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
A series of severe storms moved across parts of western and northern Wisconsin beginning late on July 18 and continuing through July 20. Current local damage assessments show more than $14 million in damage to public infrastructure. Most of the costs are for emergency protective measures, debris removal and damage to electrical equipment owned by municipal and rural electric cooperatives.
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