The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been made federal disaster available to the state and local recovery efforts in the areas in Tennessee struck by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding during June 18-24, 2011.
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding in the counties of Claiborne, Grainger, Henderson, Knox, Loudon, and Marion.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties in the state.
W. Montague Winfield has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Winfield said that additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
