MISSOURIÂ â Missouri has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to participate in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) in 17 counties following June s severe storms and flooding.
Teams, which are made up of local emergency managers and representatives from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), will document damage to public infrastructure and estimate recovery costs.Â
The teams will survey damage from the storms that occurred from June 19 through July 1. According to the weather station at the Columbia Regional Airport, during that time frame, 13.03 inches of rain fell.
âThe extremely heavy rains that affected much of Missouri in late June resulted in flash flooding that caused significant and costly damage to roads, bridges, and other public infrastructure,â Gov. Mike Parson said in a news release. âSEMA has continued to communicate with our local partners about damage estimates, and it is clear that a number of counti
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