Flood damage assessments continue this week in the Northland for private property

A federal team that is assessing damage to private property after last month’s flooding in the Northland will continue its work in the coming week.

“The teams will be back in the field on Monday and we will be here as long as needed,” said Dick Gifford, a Federal Emergency

Management Agency spokesman.

Officials from FEMA and the Office of Disaster Assistance, joined by state and local authorities, have been assessing some of the most heavily damaged homes in Carlton, St. Louis, Aitkin and Pine counties as well as on the Fond du Lac Reservation.

It is the first step in declaring a federal “individual assistance” declaration that would bring federal grants and loans to help eligible flood victims rebuild.

Gifford urged homeowners who sustained damage from the flood to report those damages to their local emergency managers.

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