| By Bob Weaver
President Obama has signed a federal disaster declaration for handful of West Virginia counties that were hit hard by storms in July
The July storm was the fifth major disaster to hit the Mountain State this year, including wind-sheer damage in several counties, flooding and small tornadoes.
The disasters are examples of turbulent and dramatic changes in weather patterns around the USA.
"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, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in the counties of Braxton, Clay, Lincoln, Logan, Nicholas, Roane, Webster, and Wood," according to the news release.
State and local governments will be reimbursed in part for what the storm damage cost.
The declaration does not include individual assistance, the individual assistance did not meet thresholds.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin requested federal help in a letter sent to the President last month. Tomblin listed $6.2 million in public assistance funding.
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