OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Today, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen confirmed he sent a request to President Donald Trump seeking a major disaster declaration for the state's most recent winter storm. If approved, that federal funding would help cover costs for damaged infrastructure and cleanup.
- Pillen says 27 counties meet eligible damage assessments exceeding $64.8 million - most of which relates to utility repairs.
- The counties include: Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Hamilton, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nuckolls, Otoe, Platte, Polk, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thayer, Thurston, Washington, Webster and York.
- In his letter to the President, Pillen described the mid-March storm as "one of the most destructive winter weather events to impact Nebraska in recent history."
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