Jefferson and Marion Approved for Public Assistance

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today the federal government will provide Public Assistance to local governments in two additional counties under the current disaster declaration for the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 25 to April 28, 2011, with a federal designation of DR-1974.

25 Additional Counties Now Eligible for Federal Recovery Assistance

Blount, Campbell, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson,
Knox, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Marshall, Montgomery, Moore, Perry, Pickett,
Polk, Scott, Sequatchie, Smith, Sullivan, Wayne

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today the federal government will provide Individual Assistance in two counties and Public Assistance to local governments in 25 counties under the current disaster declaration for the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 25 to April 28, 2011, with a federal designation of DR-1974.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today the federal government will provide Individual Assistance in two additional counties as part of the current disaster declaration in Tennessee for the record flooding of the Mississippi River, beginning on April 19, 2011.

Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Carroll, Chester, Cocke, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Greene, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Johnson, Lake,  Madison, McMinn, McNairy, Monroe, Rhea, Shelby, Washington and Weakley

NASHVILLE –Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today President Obama granted a request to provide federal Individual Assistance in five additional counties and Public Assistance to local government in another 25 counties as part of the disaster declarations from the series of severe storms, straight-line winds and flash flooding in late April.