President Declares Major Disaster For Alaska 

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to Alaska to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area struck by an ice jam and flooding during the period of May 8-13, 2011.

Federal funding is available to state, tribal, 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 ice jam and flooding in the Alaska Native Villages of Crooked Creek and Red Devil in the Kuspuk Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA).

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all areas and tribes within the state.

Dolph A. Diemont has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.  Diemont said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.