PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied assistance to owners of hundreds of private homes damaged in a fierce January storm, many of whom lacked flood insurance.
The damage failed to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s criteria for disaster dollars.
Oregon Emergency Management spokeswoman Jennifer Chamberlain said Thursday the state will seek disaster-recovery dollars from another federal agency, although officials are unsure which one.
The city of Turner in Marion County was particularly hard hit. Mayor Paul Thomas says the city expected the denial but is nonetheless disappointed.
FEMA is already covering 75 percent of the cost of repairs and of emergency expenses for roads, bridges and other infrastructure damaged by the mid-January storm.
