OLYMPIA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has doubled to 12 the number of Washington counties eligible for flood relief and has agreed to help individuals in Clallam and Kitsap counties.
Gov. Chris Gregoire says six more counties will be added to the emergency declaration following the Dec. 2-3 storm and flooding. They are Clallam, Jefferson, King, Skagit, Snohomish and Wahkiakum.
The aid includes repair of public infrastructure.
Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston were declared eligible on Dec. 8, although limited to reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protection measures. That now will include infrastructure.
Clallam and Kitsap counties join those already approved for individual assistance.
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