Governor Mike Parson has asked President Trump to approve a
disaster declaration for 13 Missouri counties so they can get federal
assistance for flood recovery. The Governor says he expects the request to be
expanded to include additional counties once full damage assessments can be made.
Governor Parson says preliminary infrastructure damage assessments have already
reached $25 million. Agriculture disaster requests are made after federal
disaster declarations are made.
The counties are situated along the Missouri River in Northwest Missouri and
along the Mississippi River in Southeast Missouri.
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