? Disaster for Oregon

President Declares Major Disaster for Oregon

Release Date: March 20, 2006
Release Number: HQ-06-044

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Information on Oregon Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that federal disaster
aid has been made available for Oregon to supplement state and local recovery
efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides
from December 18, 2005 through and including January 21, 2006.

Acting FEMA Director R. David Paulison said federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in the counties of Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Lincoln, Linn, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook and Wheeler; and in the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

Paulison named Lee Champagne as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal
recovery operations in the affected area. Champagne said additional designations
may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results
of further damage assessments.

FEMA manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident.
FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, works with state and local emergency
managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA became part
of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.