President Joseph R Biden, Jr Approves Texas Emergency Declaration whitehouse.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from whitehouse.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“I thank President Biden for quickly issuing a Federal Emergency Declaration for Texas as we continue to respond to severe winter weather conditions throughout the state,” said Governor Abbott.
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Maryland and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaias from August 3 to August 4, 2020.
Federal funding is 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 Tropical Storm Isaias in the counties of Calvert, Dorchester, ad St. Mary’s.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
Robert J. Fenton, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named E. Craig Levy, Sr. as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected areas.
The White House
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Washington and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires and straight-line winds from September 1 to September 19, 2020.
Federal funding is available to State, tribal, 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 wildfires and straight-line winds in Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Whitman, and Yakima Counties and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.