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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared a stretch of extreme weather in West Virginia last month — including flooding, landslides and tornadoes — a major disaster, opening the state to federal relief funds.
The declaration was made Wednesday. After the incidents in April, Gov. Jim Justice said during a virtual press briefing the state would pursue a FEMA disaster declaration that encompassed all of the local incidents.
In making a disaster declaration, FEMA needs to see “a great number of people that are affected, or a great amount of property damage,” he said.
Residents affected in designated areas of the state — primarily the Kanawha Valley, Northern Panhandle and Preston County — can now apply for federal financial support over personal, business or property damages incurred during the incidents from April 2 to April 6.
Residents can apply for the funding at disasterassistance.gov.
For more information on the disaster declaration and resources available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, visit fema.gov/disaster/4783.