Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments Begin in Texas
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Release Number: FNF-07-033
FEMA starts joint preliminary damage assessments in Texas this week, for flooding, tornadoes and severe weather in a line of Texas communities that stretches from the state's border with Oklahoma to the southern border with Mexico.
The flooding resulted from extraordinary rainfall in which several communities saw more than 10 inches in a 24-hour period with some receiving an inch of rainfall every 15 minutes early in the morning of June 18.
The joint damage assessments include FEMA, Small Business Administration, state and local emergency response officials. The review of damage to homes and businesses started in Cooke, Grayson and Tarrant. The state has requested that Individual Assistance assessments take place in Bosque, Coryell, Lampasas and Webb counties.
Also, joint assessment teams are reviewing damage to infrastructure and public property in Bosque and Lampasas counties. These Public Assistance assessments will continue next week in Cooke, Grayson and Tarrant counties.
As the Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management receives additional reports of damage from local officials, they have indicated that joint damage assessments may be needed in additional communities.
Joint damage assessments are a critical step for states to determine if federal assistance will be requested, and the assessments also help to plan and implement recovery efforts.
Last Modified: Friday, 22-Jun-2007 11:53:36