LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has introduced that Michigan will probably be interesting a number of catastrophe help denials after the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) didn’t approve requests for help following an ice storm that devastated the state in March.
The extreme ice storm prompted broad infrastructure injury and energy outages throughout northern Michigan.
The Michigan Workplace of the Governor studies that in July, President Donald Trump authorised a federal catastrophe declaration authorizing FEMA Public Help (PA) funding for emergency work and sure everlasting repairs throughout 13 counties and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
Whereas native municipalities obtained authorised federal funding, households, companies, and utilities have been denied.
FEMA denied help for:
PA Class F, which might fund everlasting repairs to broken utilities.
Particular person Help (IA), which helps residents with housing and disaster-related losses.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), which funds long-term initiatives to scale back future dangers.
The workplace studies that the denial of Class F funding has vital implications for smaller electrical energy firms or rural electrical cooperatives.
“Many Northern Michiganders are still reeling from the impacts of the ice storm that devastated communities earlier this year,” stated Whitmer in a information launch despatched to six Information.
“Michigan families and businesses deserve the support they need to recover from these storms. That’s why I’m appealing FEMA’s disaster aid denials. I’ll keep fighting like hell to deliver relief for our residents, local governments and utility providers.”
