Nebraska Governor requests USDA disaster designation for wildfire recovery in four counties
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Summary
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has requested a Secretarial Disaster Designation from the USDA to aid recovery efforts following wildfires that impacted Garden, Grant, Lincoln, and Morrill counties in March and April. The request aims to help cover damage to roads, bridges, and power infrastructure, with power systems being the most severely affected after fires burned through transmission corridors and distribution systems. Garden County is the only county that surpassed the 30 percent damage threshold required for the designation.
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· 4 pulledGovernor Jim Pillen has requested a Secretarial Disaster Designation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help recovery efforts from the wildfires that impacted multiple Nebraska counties in March and April.
The request includes, Garden, Grant, Lincoln and Morrill counties and would help cover damage to roads, bridges and power infrastructure.
Power infrastructure being the most impacted, with fires burning through transmission corridors and distribution systems.
Garden County is the only county to surpass the 30 percent threshold
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