(MSC News )--Governor Laura Kelly is requesting a major federal disaster declaration for the state due to damages sustained in multiple Kansas counties by several rounds of severe weather in late June and early August.
Kelly is seeking public assistance for 42 counties to repair vital infrastructure, including locally, Jefferson, Marshall and Nemaha.
She said the total federal expenditure is expected to meet or exceed $18,687,000.
According to a release from the Kansas Adjutant General's Office, Kelly sent a letter to President Joe Biden through the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 8 seeking the declaration.
From June 27 through August 8, the release says Kansas was hit with multiple severe thunderstorms that included strong damaging winds, heavy rainfall, flooding, large hail, and tornadoes.
“Over that two-month period, many Kansas counties experienced some sort of severe weather,” Governor Kelly said. “The damages inflicted by these storms have severely affected the safety and livelihoods of Kansans across the state. I have ordered the adjutant general to activate the disaster response and recovery portions of the Kansas Response Plan and to use all available resources of the state to cope with the disaster, as necessary.”
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