President Declares Major Disaster For Kansas

Release Date: September 30, 2009
Release Number: HQ-09-113

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Declares Major Disaster For Kansas. The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Kansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 8-14, 2009.

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said the Presidents declaration major disaster for Kansas makes federal funding available to 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 the severe storms and flooding in the counties of Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Linn, and Sedgwick.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties and tribes within the state.

Fugate named Michael R. Scott as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the President Declares Major Disaster For Kansas area. Scott said that additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.