Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday he has directed Wisconsin Emergency Management to submit a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct a formal federal preliminary damage assessment after extreme weather hit the state in April.
The request was prompted by storms earlier this month which brought relentless hail, wind and rain and wreaked havoc on homes, vehicles and more.
WEM reported initial assessments indicate that the destruction caused by the recent severe weather is beyond the state’s ability to recover on its own and is expected to qualify for federal assistance.
The governor’s latest request for federal support for Wisconsin comes as President Donald Trump and his administration denied federal assistance from similar severe weather and flooding that occurred across the state last summer, causing over $27 million in damages.
