FEMA Approves More Earthquake Disaster Aid

Individual assistance offered to more Va. residents

Federal officials have approved Gov. Bob McDonnell's request for disaster aid for more localities affected by the Aug. 23 earthquake and countless aftershocks.
 
McDonnell said Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved individual assistance for residents in Culpepper, Fluvanna, Goochland, Orange and Spotsylvania counties and the city of Fredericksburg.

“State and federal officials have been assessing earthquake damage across the Commonwealth since August,” Governor McDonnell said. “I am pleased that FEMA has made this important assistance available to more of those who have suffered personal losses and have been working to recover for the past few months.”

McDonnell says in a news release that FEMA also approved public assistance for Northhampton and Culpeper counties to help local governments recover emergency response and infrastructure damage costs.

However, McDonnell's request for individual assistance in Albemarle and King George counties wasn't approved.

Louisa County, the center of the magnitude-5.8 earthquake, already hasreceived approval for individual assistance. Public assistance was approved earlier for Louisa and Spotsylvania counties, and Fredericksburg.

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