(Lincoln, NE) – Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen says a federal disaster declaration submitted to the White House has been approved.
The declaration is for large-scale damage from a severe winter storm that hit the area on March 18th and 19th.
The application was submitted in mid-April.
Cost estimates from that blizzard exceeded $64.8 million, much of that from downed electrical lines and damaged utility poles.
Counties eligible under the declaration include Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Hamilton, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nuckolls, Otoe, Platte, Polk, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thayer, Thurston, Washington, Webster, and York.
The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency has begun working with local emergency managers and public entities now eligible for assistance under the declaration.
(Picture from Nebraska State Patrol)