Dollar figures starting to mount up on Baldwin County flash flood damage
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The cities of Spanish Fort and Daphne have declared states of emergency after last weekend's flooding rains.
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Dollar figures are starting to come in on the amount of damage around Baldwin County as flood victims are halfway through a 10-day reporting period, picking up the pieces in towns and around Baldwin County after a ton of rain in a short amount of time.
'Certain parts of the county just got lots and lots of rain,' Baldwin County Emergency Management Director Tom Tyler said.
Damage assessments are underway, trying to put a dollar amount on all the damage.
'We have roughly half a million dollars of damage just to our county maintained roads,' Tyler said. 'Most of that has been completed, work has been done.'
Still Road in Bay Minette was scheduled to reopen late Friday. Repairs to Cemetery Road in Perdido are expected to be completed late next week.
Baldwin County would need just over $1 million in damage to qualify for financial relief. That figure and damage assessments would then be added to a state database to determine if storm victims would eventually be eligible for federal relief.
'I would strongly recommend they take care of themselves through a volunteer organization, their private insurance,' Tyler said. 'The more long-term outlook would be to see what kind of response the federal government is going to have in something like this.'
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Folks still working on damaged properties in need of help are encouraged to contact Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters. Tyler describes them as an organization of organizations that can put homeowners in touch with non-profits, church and civic groups that can help.
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