FEMA
- September 04, 2024Minnesotans who applied for federal assistance may need to follow up with FEMA and provide more inform-ation or documents to move their application forward. Those who still need help recovering after the June 16 – July 4 storms and flooding and haven’t yet applied still have time to do so too. Applicants with insurance If you applied with FEMA and reported having insurance for the damage to…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 21, 2024Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster survivor assistance teams are currently canvassing damaged individual properties in Rock County. The canvassing of damage began Aug. 16 and is expected to take 10 to 12 days to complete. Damage would have occurred from weather events occurring June 16 to July 4, 2024. Local homeowners and renters could be eligible for damage reimbursement…
July 31, 2024Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster assistance team hosted an information meeting Monday afternoon with local township and city representatives whose areas received public infrastructure damage during the June 20-21 flood event. Preliminary estimates put damages at $2.5 million, including damage to the Buffalo Ridge Regional Railroad near Magnolia. The reimbursement…
By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024City of Luverne and Rock County officials met March 27 with state and federal officials to restart the flood plain mapping process. The FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) topography maps are used by the federal flood insurance program and by communities for flood risk assessment. The mapping process started over a year ago, but stopped in February 2023, when local officials noticed the…
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