Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has asked President Donald Trump for a major disaster declaration along with $21.3 million in individual assistance for people whose homes were damaged in December’s catastrophic flooding.
Ferguson’s request, made in a letter to Trump on Wednesday, covers only part of the cost to the state from the flooding.
The state will make a separate, likely much larger request by Feb. 18 for Federal Emergency Management Agency aid to cover costs of repairing storm-damaged highways, levees and other infrastructure.
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