'Certainly we believe that’s fitting for the federal government to help with that,' Gov. Mike Dunleavy said of infrastructure damage from last weekend's Western Alaska storm, noting that FEMA funds could cover 75 percent of eligible costs.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a Sept. 18, 2022 press conference on the Western Alaska storm.
Alaska National Guard Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, says that before the governor can submit a request, state officials must determine how much funding to ask for.“So that would be money for infrastructure and also for individual homes,” Saxe said. “And to get that, we need to get boots on the ground from FEMA, which they’re doing right now, to assess exactly what has happened and the dollar amount.
“We think a lot of the damage is going to be as a result of erosion on roads, some structures, maybe some power poles, etc., so certainly we believe that’s fitting for the federal government to help with that,” Dunleavy said.
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