Post by Logan on Mar 19, 2017 4:45:07 GMT -6
SACRAMENTO —President Trump issued a major disaster declaration Thursday that will trigger federal funding for California following an estimated $113 million in damage from late January storms in the state.
Gov. Jerry Brown sought the presidential disaster declaration, marking the third granted by the president in just over a month.
Trump previously approved Brown’s request for aid for the Oroville Dam spillway damage and mass evacuations and to help the state deal with the widespread effects storms in early January.
Thursday’s declaration will help the state pay for damage caused by storms, flooding and mudslides from Jan. 18 to Jan. 23 in El Dorado, Kern, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Trinity, Tuolumne, and Yolo counties. In his letter requesting the declaration and aid, Brown wrote that the storms in late January resulted in areas receiving substantial rainfall and snowfall within an atmospheric river that left numerous creeks, rivers and streams flooding and levees over-topping and breaching.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Trump-Today-President-issues-disaster-11007669.php
Gov. Jerry Brown sought the presidential disaster declaration, marking the third granted by the president in just over a month.
Trump previously approved Brown’s request for aid for the Oroville Dam spillway damage and mass evacuations and to help the state deal with the widespread effects storms in early January.
Thursday’s declaration will help the state pay for damage caused by storms, flooding and mudslides from Jan. 18 to Jan. 23 in El Dorado, Kern, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Trinity, Tuolumne, and Yolo counties. In his letter requesting the declaration and aid, Brown wrote that the storms in late January resulted in areas receiving substantial rainfall and snowfall within an atmospheric river that left numerous creeks, rivers and streams flooding and levees over-topping and breaching.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Trump-Today-President-issues-disaster-11007669.php