STATE- Nebraska will receive an estimated $65 million in additional federal funding assistance to help pay costs for repair of public infrastructure damaged as a result of historic flooding that ravaged the state in 2019. "This news is great for the state of Nebraska, but especially for the counties that were severely impacted," Bryan Tuma, assistant director of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, said.

"This will significantly defray the cost of the disaster for state and local governments."

Tuma said he expects $437 million in public assistance costs will grow beyond $500 million over time. An early estimate is $511 million. An anticipated additional $65 million in federal assistance benefits now will be "a significant benefit to the state," Tuma said.

The 2019 disaster was described as "a bomb cyclone" event. Warm temperatures and heavy rain melted a deep snowpack and the resulting flow of water moved rapidly over frozen ground into swollen rivers, many of which had accumulated thick ice during a cold winter. Resulting damage was estimated at more than $1.3 billion.

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