PRESS RELEASE: Mineola Mayor Extends Declaration of Disaster From Winter Storm Uri

For Immediate Release:

Media Contact:  Mercy Rushing, City Manager
mrushing@mineola.com
(903) 569-6183 Cell (903) 245-8505

LOCAL DISASTER DECLARATION EXTENDED

MINEOLA, TX – On March 1, 2021, Mayor of Mineola Kevin White and Mineola City Council extended a local declaration of disaster for the City of Mineola, related to damages from February's Winter Storm Uri. The extension will give Mineola citizens more time to report damages and apply for FEMA disaster relief.  

On February 22, 2021, Mayor Kevin White signed a Declaration of Disaster for the City of Mineola, due to recent severe winter weather event starting February 14, 2021, which caused widespread severe damages, injuries, loss of life, or properties and a strain on infrastructure resulting from severe ice and snowstorm.  The Mayor of Mineola has determined that extraordinary measures must be taken to alleviate the suffering of the people and to protect or rehabilitate properties. 

The local disaster declaration by the City of Mineola followed the County and State’s Disaster Declaration as pursuant to the §418.108 (a) of Texas Government Code.  The declaration of a local state of disaster shall continue for a period of not more than seven days from the date of this declaration unless continued or renewed by the Mineola City Council as pursuant to §418.108 (b) of the Texas Government Code.

MORE INFORMATION

It is IMPORTANT to report all damages from Winter Storm Uri to Texas Department of Emergency Management at www.damage.tdem.texas.gov.  Keep in mind that the survey is not an application to FEMA for assistance but is a method of collecting all damages that occured during the winter storm. 

To apply to FEMA for assistance with funds for damages resulting from Winter Storm Uri, go to FEMA at www.disasterassistance.gov or call 1-800-621-3362 (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. CT, 7 days a week) or TTY 1-800-462-7585.

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