Presidential Disaster Declaration Approved for December Storm Gov. Dennis Daugaard says 24 South Dakota counties and two tribes may receive federal funding assistance to help recover from a late December storm that did more than $9.1 million in damage to public property. The public assistance is made available through a Presidential Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump. Counties involved are Butte, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Haakon, Hamlin, Harding, Jackson, Jones, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Roberts, Stanley, Sully and Ziebach. Also included is the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe within Dewey and Ziebach counties and the Oglala Sioux Tribe within Jackson County. All of the counties and tribes included in the declaration were those included in the Governor’s request to the President. The storm started December 24 and continued through December 26. Blizzard conditions, high winds and freezing ice led to broken power poles, downed electrical
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lines and stranded motorists. Three deaths were associated with the storm. Gov. Daugaard requested a disaster declaration on January 23 after public property damage information was verified by FEMA, state and local officials. A disaster declaration authorizes the federal government to provide recovery assistance for up to 75 percent of the eligible costs. Notice of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funding for Disaster 4298 South Dakota received a Presidential Disaster Declaration as a result of Christmas Day 2016 statewide severe winter storms. Subsequently, approximately $1,025,000 of funding is now available for local governments and certain private-non-profit organizations to apply for hazard mitigation projects that will reduce the loss of life and property by lessening the impacts of future disasters.
SOUTH DAKOTA MUNICIPALITIES
