Post by Logan on Jan 23, 2016 5:57:36 GMT -6
Missouri flood victims can get federal aid, volunteers still needed Saturday for cleanup
ST. LOUIS • Along most of the low country swamped by recent record flooding, good news arrived in a presidential declaration that opens up grants and low-interest loans to victims of high water.
“This means a lot to the people,” said Arnold police Detective Omar Ruiz, who has coordinated that city’s efforts. “It’s another way to continue their recovery.”
Ruiz said about 40 households in Arnold still hadn’t returned home. Nine dwellings were destroyed in the Meramec River flood that crested Dec. 31. There was major damage to 146 more, and 53 were listed with minor damage, he said.
They are among roughly 1,750 dwellings throughout the metro area affected by flooding, mostly along the Meramec. About 1,300 of them have at least minor damage, and the American Red Cross estimates that 270 of them may need to be demolished.
Continued at www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/missouri-flood-victims-can-get-federal-aid-volunteers-still-needed/article_171bed45-98e5-5cf4-b224-cf4ed371f784.html .
ST. LOUIS • Along most of the low country swamped by recent record flooding, good news arrived in a presidential declaration that opens up grants and low-interest loans to victims of high water.
“This means a lot to the people,” said Arnold police Detective Omar Ruiz, who has coordinated that city’s efforts. “It’s another way to continue their recovery.”
Ruiz said about 40 households in Arnold still hadn’t returned home. Nine dwellings were destroyed in the Meramec River flood that crested Dec. 31. There was major damage to 146 more, and 53 were listed with minor damage, he said.
They are among roughly 1,750 dwellings throughout the metro area affected by flooding, mostly along the Meramec. About 1,300 of them have at least minor damage, and the American Red Cross estimates that 270 of them may need to be demolished.
Continued at www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/missouri-flood-victims-can-get-federal-aid-volunteers-still-needed/article_171bed45-98e5-5cf4-b224-cf4ed371f784.html .