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Trinity County among 18 Texas counties added to FEMAâs major disaster declaration Gov. Greg Abbott (Source: KWTX) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | February 26, 2021 at 12:09 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 1:10 AM
From the Office of Gov. Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, Texas (News Release) - Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has added 18 more Texas counties to President Bidenâs Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance. These 18 counties were included in a request submitted by the State of Texas yesterday for the addition of 54 counties to the declaration.
âThank you to our federal partners at FEMA for granting approval for these 18 counties,â said Governor Abbott. âI look forward to working with them to ensure the remaining counties in this request are approved, as well as other counties throughout our state who are in need of assistance.â
Willacy County added to federal major disaster declaration
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Eighteen more counties in the state of Texas – including Willacy – have been added to President Biden s Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance.
Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news release Friday that the approval for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency comes after the state submitted a request earlier this week that an additional 54 counties be added to the disaster declaration.
With the declaration, FEMA can now provide emergency protective measures for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance for the counties listed in the declaration.
Governor Greg Abbott Thursday announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has re-requested that an additional 54 counties be added to the federal Major Disaster Declaration. The Governor originally requested Individual Assistance for all 254 Texas counties on February 18th. (Highlighted below are counties in the KOXE listening area)
Counties included in this request are Archer, Atascosa, Bandera, Brooks,
Callahan, Camp, Cass, Clay,
Eastland, Ector, Fayette, Franklin, Frio, Goliad,
Hamilton, Haskell, Howard, Irion, Jack, Jim Hogg, Karnes, Kerr, Kinney, Kleberg, Lamar, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Live Oak, Llano, Marion, Midland,
Mills, Morris, Newton, Rains, Randall, Refugio, Robertson, San Augustine,
San Saba, Shackelford, Somervell, Starr, Titus, Trinity, Webb, Wilbarger, Willacy, and Young.