GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Crews from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are going door to door in Michigan communities, offering help after storms and a tornado ripped through the state in August.
“We’re here today because of, and due to, the terrible devastation that happened in Michigan on August 24th through the 26th,” said Darrell Habisch, a spokesperson for FEMA. “The severe storms, the flooding. And I know it was very, very traumatic for so many people in Michigan.”
The Disaster Survivor Assistance crews were on the ground Saturday, starting in “hard-hit areas” in Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Wayne counties, according to a release from FEMA. Earlier this month, FEMA announced those nine counties would receive federal assistance after President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for Michigan.
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“We are here at the invitation of the state, and the approval of the president, to provide disaster assistance for those storms,” Habisch said. “The registration period is now open. … Any of those counties, by all means, apply for assistance with FEMA.”