West Virginia to get $87 million more for flood recovery
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congress has approved $87 million more in federal funds to help West Virginia recover from deadly flooding over the summer, according to state lawmakers.
The funding is from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program. It follows $17 million from the same program announced in October by U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin, along with U.S. Reps. David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins.
Flooding in late June killed 23 people statewide and devastated homes, businesses, schools and infrastructure.
The latest funding was included in the resolution recently passed by Congress to continue federal programs. The next step is for the state to come up with plans for spending it on housing, infrastructure, economic development and other recovery measures not covered by other federal programs.
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