President Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Christmas Ice Storm in N.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — President Joe Biden has approved Gov. Doug Burgum’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration.
It covers over $11.5 million in damage from the Christmas holiday ice storm.
The disaster declaration was approved for 13 counties in southeast North Dakota from December 25-27, 2023.
Burgum declared a statewide emergency on December 29 for infrastructure damage from the storm.
It downed thousands of powerlines, left tens of thousands of people without power and caused significant hardship for communities across the state.
The presidential disaster declaration unlocks FEMA assistance to help pay for the costs of repairing damaged infrastructure.
The counties covered by the declaration include: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grant, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Stutsman and Traill.
Several other counties were also impacted by the event but didn’t sustain enough damage to exceed the per-capita threshold for being included in the declaration.
