LINCOLN — Governor Jim Pillen is announcing the receipt of federal funds to aid in the recovery from storms that impacted multiple Nebraska counties June 20 – July 8. This is the fourth time federal funds have been awarded to the state due to severe weather this year.
Counties eligible for funding include Boyd, Clay, Dakota, Dawson, Douglas, Fillmore, Holt, Howard, Lincoln, McPherson, Nance, Nemaha, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Thomas, and Washington Counties. For the timeframe indicated above, those counties sustained significant damage resulting from severe thunderstorms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding.
The state did not say how much aid each county is receiving. Nance County officials estimate the cost to repair the county roads damaged in the storm to be $321,000.
Additional funding may be available later based on results of further damage assessments.