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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) announced Tuesday that federal disaster assistance has been made available to NOrth Dakota for recovery efforts affected by flooding.

According to the declaration, state, tribal, and local areas were only eligible if flooding occurred in that area between October 9th and 26th.

“The President’s action makes federal funding is available to the state, tribal, eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by flooding,” FEMA stated.

Counties included were Barnes, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Mountrail, Nelson, Sargent, Sheridan, Stutsman, Traill, Walsh and Wells counties.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist reported that they were in the process of working through the declaration.

“This is very good news, especially for township governments in Stutsman County that experienced more than 3 million dollars in road related damages last fall,” Bergquist stated. “Details of how this declaration will work have not yet been made known to the Emergency Managers yet. It’s very unlikely that any road repair work will occur until after the snow melt.”