Trump signs North Idaho disaster declaration

May 22, 2017

On May 18, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Boundary County and seven other northern and north-central Idaho counties. The declaration incident period is March 6, 2017 – March 28, 2017, and induces the release of federal funds to help communities recover from the flooding, landslide and mudslide damages that happened within the incident period. It is estimated that the eight counties exceeded $9.6 million in damages. The federal funding being issued will be utilized to repair disaster-damaged public infrastructures. This funding can also be utilized for mitigation efforts to prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property within the eight counties. These funds do not cover private property.