Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) is asking President Bush to approve a Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance for 17 Missouri counties and a Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance for 19 Missouri counties as a result of the flooding along the Missouri River and its tributaries earlier this month.
Blunt is requesting a Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance for Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Davies, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Jackson, Lafayette, Livingston, Morgan, Nodaway, Osage, and Platte Counties.
The request for a Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance involves Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Howard, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, Saline and Worth Counties. The damage requests are based on reports from joint federal, state, and local assessment teams.
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