Pennsylvania’s request for a major disaster declaration was recently approved by President Joe Biden.
As a result, critical federal aid will be made available to those most severely affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida earlier this month.
Local, county and state governments and agencies will have additional money and other resources needed to help some of the state’s hardest hit areas, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties, according to officials.
With damage to Pennsylvania’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure estimated to exceed $117 million, federal aid was largely assumed, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s damage threshold is $19.7 million.
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