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Flood Damage Rises As Community Waits For President Trump to Help (urbanmilwaukee.com)

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As the damage estimates from the cataclysmic August flooding continue to rise, everyone affected waits for a decision from President Donald Trump.

On Aug. 27th, Gov. Tony Evers formally requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration. A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) told Urban Milwaukee the request is being processed and there is “no set timeline for a decision.”

FEMA officials have already finished a preliminary assessment of the damage. They began a verification process for public infrastructure damage Monday.

Just days after Evers petitioned the Trump administration for help, the estimated cost of damage to public assets in Milwaukee County rose significantly, outstripping even the estimates the governor provided for damage across six counties from the once-in-1,000 year flooding that occurred on Aug. 9-10.

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