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Governor JB Pritzker announced today that the federal government
approved his request to add Menard County to the state’s
emergency disaster declaration. The emergency disaster
declaration provides financial aid under the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance program to local
jurisdictions for eligible storm related losses or costs
incurred in response to the December 10 storm.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), an EF-2 tornado
touched down a half mile east of Atterberry causing significant
structure damage. The NWS reports high-speed winds led to downed
trees, powerlines and other damages throughout central Illinois
and the metro east.
The following counties were approved under the federal emergency
disaster declaration: Bond, Cass, Coles, Effingham, Fayette,
Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie,
Pike and Shelby.
Under the Public Assistance program, FEMA awards grants to
assist state and local governments and certain private nonprofit
organizations with the response to and recovery from disasters.
Under the guidelines of the PA program, local jurisdictions can
be reimbursed for up to 75 percent of eligible costs.
[Office of the Governor JB Pritzker]
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