The president of United States, Joe Bidenhas approved this Sunday the declaration of catastrophe in the states of California and Alabamaaffected since the last weeks by a strong storm.
Biden has confirmed that there is a serious catastrophe in California and has ordered federal aid to carry out the recovery of the areas affected by the strong winter storms that have caused floods, landslides and avalanches of mud throughout the state from December 27 to today.
This measure, a step beyond the declaration of a state of emergency, makes federal funds available to affected people in the counties of Merced, Sacramento and Santa Cruz in California, as well as those of Autauga and Dallas in Alabama.
As the White House statement has collected, this aid “may include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses” as well as help for business owners.
At this time, the damage caused by the heavy rains is still being assessed and the US government does not rule out the designation of federal aid in other areas once the assessments are complete.
At least 19 deaths
A series of winter storms have hit the west coast of the United States in the last 15 days and have so far left at least 19 deaths in California.
On the other hand, the state is also preparing for a new round of torrential rains, strong winds and snowfall. As the authorities have warned, this new storm could trigger new floods, landslides and power outages.
As reported by ‘Bloomberg’, the director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services stated at a press conference this Friday that the state “not out of danger yet“These storms are among the deadliest natural disasters in our state’s modern history,” he added.
Source: Lasexta
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