On Friday, Governor Bill Lee requested FEMA assistance for 58 counties in Tennessee.
The request for federal recovery assistance comes after February’s significant floods and severe storms.
“The severe flooding has left many Tennessee jurisdictions unsure about how to fund the unexpected need to repair infrastructure and pay for their emergency measures,” Governor Lee said in a press statement.
83 of Tennessee’s 95 counties have reported some level of flood damage and severe weather impact since
Gov. Lee’s request is specifically asking FEMA to make the Public Assistance (PA) program available to 58 Tennessee counties impacted by the flooding and severe storms from Feb. 6, 2019, onward.
Additionally, Humphreys and Sevier counties have been added to the request for FEMA's Individual Assistance program.
The requests include the counties of:
Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Decatur, Dekalb, Dickson, Dyer, Fentress, Gibson, Giles, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Hawkins, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lauderdale, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Tipton, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, and Weakley.