DALLAS: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has approved a disaster designation to allocate more state funds to 23 counties affected by dangerous flash flooding and extreme weather.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Abbott said, "Our assessment is that what happened yesterday (Monday) was the second greatest flooding in Dallas since 1932." The Governor said, "The impact of this storm has been significant not only here in Dallas and Fort Worth, but across many places throughout the state of Texas.
According to reports, a 60-year-old female Uber driver was killed on Monday in Mesquite, Texas, when flash floods carried her vehicle off a bridge. Mesquite is located east of Dallas. Police said, there have allegedly been about 100 homes damaged in north Texas, and that number is expected to rise.
According to preliminary damage assessments, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared a state of emergency and asked for state and federal help. The state will use the information collected by iSTAT, which the governor urged citizens to use to report the extent of their damage, to decide if the state is eligible for federal aid.
According to a Fox News story, the state would require damage to uninsured public property totaling USD 50 million as well as damage to 800 residences without flood insurance in order to be eligible for federal assistance.
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