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Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 11:11

Gov. Scott Walker has announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a preliminary damage assessment (PDA) next week in 17 Wisconsin counties hit hard by flooding and tornadoes. FEMA officials will begin looking at flood-damaged homes and public infrastructure on Sept. 24.

“I look forward to having FEMA in our state next week to assess damages as we take the first step to request a federal disaster declaration,” Walker said. 

FEMA teams will assess damage to homes in Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Marquette, Monroe, Ozaukee, Richland, Sauk, and Vernon counties. Local and county officials will escort teams to view homes that were destroyed or sustained major damage. The teams don’t go inside the homes but rather will verify damage from the outside. Residents don’t need to be home.

Local damage assessments from counties finalized this week shows more than $108 million in damage to residences. This includes 56 homes destroyed, 564 homes with major damage, and nearly 4,000 with minor or affected damage. In addition, 14 businesses were destroyed, 62 sustained major damage and 96 reported minor damage with losses of nearly $49 million.

Flooding also caused more than $75 million in damage to public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and dams, and emergency protective measures. Damage assessments to look at public assistance (infrastructure) will be conducted in Adams, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iron, Juneau, La Crosse, Marquette, Monroe, Ozaukee, Richland, Sauk, and Vernon Counties.

Much of southern Wisconsin was hit with heavy rains, flash flooding, damaging winds and tornadoes during the latter part of August. A large portion of southwest to central Wisconsin had over 10 inches of rain, with some areas measuring over 20 inches, causing many major rivers such as the Kickapoo and Baraboo rivers to flood at historic levels. On Aug. 28, severe storms spun up 19 tornadoes and 90-100 mph winds in the east central region causing widespread damage. 

Beginning Sept. 24, teams comprised of officials with FEMA, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management will work with local and state officials in viewing both residential and public infrastructure damage. The PDA should be finished in one week.

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