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AUGUSTA - On January 16, Governor Janet Mills formally requested that President Joe Biden issue a Major Disaster Declaration to help ten Maine counties recover from the severe December storm that brought significant flooding, power outages, and damage to central and western Maine. In a letter sent today to President Biden, Governor Mills said that

(The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is asking President Joe Biden to issue a major disaster declaration for several counties battered by power outages and flooding from a

In her letter to Biden, Mills estimated a total of $20 million in public infrastructure damage, stating it was beyond the state's ability to resolve alone.

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills today formally requested that President Joe Biden issue a Major Disaster Declaration to help ten Maine counties recover from the severe December storm that brought

Ten counties in central and western Maine sustained more than $20 million in public infrastructure damage when a powerful storm on Dec. 18 brought historic flooding and widespread power outages to the state.

This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about disaster preparedness becoming a policy priority:

Boston Globe. December 27, 2023.

The state’s Individual Disaster Assistance Grant Program has paid $227,675 in response to storm damage. FEMA estimated the state’s spring flood damage at $6.3 million. As of Dec. 4, crop insurers had paid out more than $248 million due to drought.

Maine, like almost everywhere else on earth, has to get serious about fighting back against extreme weather.

As extreme weather grows more extreme with climate change, it costs our economies, communities and personal health.