President Trump issued an order over the weekend that extends federal aid to help Iowans recover from severe storms and flooding. Federal assistance is available to INDIVIDUALS in five western Iowa counties Federal aid is also available to the State of Iowa as well as tribal and local governments in 56 counties to cover emergency work.

On Friday, Governor Reynolds submitted a total damage estimate of nearly one-point-six billion dollars for losses associated with the flooding. That estimate indicates it would cost more than half a billion dollars to fix the levees damaged in southwest Iowa. The president’s disaster declaration does not immediately trigger federal funding for levee repairs.