Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is seeking federal disaster aid for Louisa County schools that were damaged by a powerful Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and Louisa County High School sustained the most damage and have been closed indefinitely, McDonnell said. Students are being taught in makeshift classrooms until their schools are repaired or rebuilt.
McDonnell is seeking the emergency declaration through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Engineers estimate the damage to the schools at $31 million.
FEMA already has denied individual assistance to residents whose homes were damaged by the magnitude-5.8 quake, which was centered in Mineral.
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