{Charleston, West Virginia}...Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has appealed a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Administration denying individual assistance to West Virginians who suffered property losses during a June 29th derecho and subsequent storms that left three people dead and more than 680,000 customers without electricity across the state. FEMA approved the state's request for federal assistance to help governments pay for public damages, but denied Tomblin's request for aid for individuals on August 8th. Tomblin says Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and Raleigh Counties accounted for 42 percent of the homes destroyed in the storm. Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Tomblin Appeals FEMA Decision
{Charleston, West Virginia}...Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has appealed a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Administration denying individual assistance to West Virginians who suffered property losses during a June 29th derecho and subsequent storms that left three people dead and more than 680,000 customers without electricity across the state. FEMA approved the state's request for federal assistance to help governments pay for public damages, but denied Tomblin's request for aid for individuals on August 8th. Tomblin says Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and Raleigh Counties accounted for 42 percent of the homes destroyed in the storm. 