LANSING, MI-- Governor Rick Snyder has declared a second state of disaster for Houghton County.
The move comes after heavy rainfall and widespread flooding on July 12 caused damage to the area still recovering from flash flooding on Father’s Day. The declaration will allow the state to make additional resources available. It will also open the Disaster and Emergency Contingency Fund to provide more financial assistance.
The fund is used when communities exhaust local resources during a disaster or emergency. The money can be applied toward the immediate prevention, response, and recovery of a disaster or emergency. It can also be used to cover overtime for public employees, contracts used during the response, shelter supplies, gasoline used during the response, and repair of public buildings and infrastructure.
