{"id":16578,"date":"2021-09-09T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paawwa.org\/?p=16578"},"modified":"2021-09-09T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:52:51","slug":"gov-wolf-requests-major-disaster-declaration-for-damages-from-remnants-of-ida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/gov-wolf-requests-major-disaster-declaration-for-damages-from-remnants-of-ida\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Wolf Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Damages from Remnants of Ida\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSeptember 8, 2021<\/strong>
\nView Online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Gov. Wolf Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Damages from Remnants of Ida\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harrisburg, PA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Governor Tom\u00a0Wolf\u00a0today\u00a0requested<\/a>\u00a0that President Joe Biden declare a major disaster in Pennsylvania following heavy rainfall, severe flash\u00a0flooding, and tornadoes\u00a0from\u00a0Tropical Depression\u00a0Ida\u00a0that impacted Pennsylvania on August 31, 2021, through September 5, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am\u00a0requesting a federal disaster declaration because Pennsylvanians and our communities need and deserve critical support as they\u00a0recover\u00a0from\u00a0significant\u00a0damages to their homes and public infrastructure,\u201d\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Wolf\u00a0said. \u201cThis storm brought historic rainfall and\u00a0flooding, as well as rare tornadoes, devastating many communities. We believe we meet the federal\u00a0government\u2019s thresholds based on the damage assessments conducted so far, so this\u00a0request is another necessary step in the process to\u00a0recover\u00a0from\u00a0the impacts of this terrible storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0governor\u2019s\u00a0request includes a major disaster declaration\u00a0for\u00a0Individual Assistance\u00a0for\u00a0Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties; Public Assistance\u00a0for\u00a0Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Fulton, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties; and\u00a0for\u00a0the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to be made available to all 67 counties of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

The major disaster declaration through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would provide federal funding and services to eligible individuals and households through the\u00a0Individual Assistance<\/a>\u00a0program and federal funding to local, county and state\u00a0governments, as well as certain eligible non-profits in those counties, through the\u00a0Public Assistance<\/a>\u00a0program.\u00a0Businesses\u00a0affected\u00a0by\u00a0the storm would be eligible\u00a0for\u00a0assistance through the Small Business Administration.<\/p>\n

The collective damage estimate to public infrastructure to date is currently estimated at $117 million, which far exceeds the commonwealth\u2019s threshold of $19.7 million.<\/p>\n

Governor\u00a0Wolf\u00a0and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Randy Padfield\u00a0today\u00a0visited Bridgeport, a borough in Montgomery County that sits along the Schuylkill River and experienced\u00a0significant\u00a0flooding\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0remnants\u00a0of\u00a0Ida. They spoke with\u00a0community\u00a0leaders,\u00a0residents and business owners and toured the\u00a0community, which is still cleaning up nearly a week after\u00a0Ida\u00a0brought historic severe weather to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0remain grateful to all the first\u00a0responders who risked their lives during the storm to help people, many of whom were impacted\u00a0by\u00a0the storm too,\u201d\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Wolf\u00a0said. \u201cI also thank those who continue to provide much needed support to individuals and families who are\u00a0recovering\u00a0from\u00a0devastating losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis storm has brought historic rain and rare tornado events to our commonwealth, and while cleanup continues, it\u2019s important that we take every measure to determine whether we qualify\u00a0for\u00a0federal aid. This\u00a0request to the federal\u00a0government is critical to helping households and communities\u00a0recover,\u201d Padfield said. \u201cPEMA continues to cooperate with FEMA and county officials on damage assessments. I continue to urge individuals who were impacted\u00a0by\u00a0the storm to document all efforts, including taking pictures and videos of the damages and keeping copies of any\u00a0receipts, all of which will be extremely helpfully in obtaining assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montgomery County has\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that it will operate a Multi-Agency\u00a0Resource Center (MARC)\u00a0for\u00a0residents\u00a0affected\u00a0by\u00a0Ida. It will be open on Wednesday, September 8\u00a0from\u00a0noon to 7:00 PM and Thursday, September 9\u00a0from\u00a09:00 AM to 5:00 PM at 2 W. Lafayette Street in Norristown.<\/p>\n

This tour follows\u00a0last week\u2019s visit<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0governor, Padfield and Transportation Secretary Yassmin Gramian to Horsham and Upper Dublin townships in Montgomery County and the Borough of Downington in Chester County.<\/p>\n

On August 31,\u00a0Governor\u00a0Wolf\u00a0signed a\u00a0proclamation of disaster emergency<\/a>, which allowed state agencies to more easily pre-position\u00a0resources and\u00a0respond more quickly to\u00a0requests\u00a0for\u00a0state assistance.<\/p>\n

View a copy of the\u00a0letter\u00a0Governor\u00a0Wolf\u00a0sent to President Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 September 8, 2021 View Online Gov. Wolf Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Damages from Remnants of Ida\u00a0 Harrisburg, PA\u00a0\u2013 Governor Tom\u00a0Wolf\u00a0today\u00a0requested\u00a0that President Joe Biden declare a major disaster in Pennsylvania following heavy rainfall, severe flash\u00a0flooding, and tornadoes\u00a0from\u00a0Tropical Depression\u00a0Ida\u00a0that impacted Pennsylvania on August 31, 2021, through September 5, 2021. \u201cI am\u00a0requesting a federal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,14,7,5,11,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16579,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16578\/revisions\/16579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}