Department of Homeland Security pledges to expedite Missouri’s storm disaster relief and FEMA requests

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem was asked by Missouri Senator Josh Hawley during a Senate hearing Tuesday if the administration would work to speed up the process to approve pending multiple disaster declarations after another round of severe storms pummeled that state again over the weekend.

“The state has pending three requests for major disaster relief declarations from earlier storms. Counting the people we lost on Friday, we’ve lost almost twenty people now in major storms in the last two months in Missouri. It’s been a terrible spring for us,” said Senator Hawley. “For those three disaster declaration requests that are still pending, will you help with those and get those approved? We are desperate for the assistance in Missouri.”

“Yes, absolutely,” said Secretary Noem.

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Angela Luna, ozarksfirst.com)

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