Public and private property damage from recent flooding across seven southern Minnesota counties has topped $67 million.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty provided the figure in a letter to state lawmakers. Fillmore, Winona, Houston, Steele, Olmsted and Wabasha counties have been declared federal disaster areas. Pawlenty is seeking assistance for Dodge County too.
For now, the disaster declarations include only individual aid and help for search and rescue-type programs. Pawlenty said he anticipates federal assistance will soon apply to other categories, such as the rebuilding of public infrastructure.
Pawlenty says he’s willing to call a special session to provide financial relief. But he first wants to set limits on the session’s length and items that will be discussed.
Topics Flood
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
AM Best Calls $1.54 Billion Mapfre-Safety Marriage ‘Strategically Compelling’ 
Why El Ni帽o’s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers 
Record-Low Danube Water Levels Leave Boats Beached, Reveal Decades-Old Shipwrecks 
eBay Settles Couple’s Harassment, Stalking Claims for $55.7 Million 
