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State
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Federal
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
2011
Severe Storms and Flooding
Declared August 30, 2011
This assistance is for Dubuque County, and Jackson County.
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Declared August 24, 2011
This assistance is for Benton County, Clay County, Dickinson County, Marshall County, Story County, and Tama County.
Flooding
Declared June 27, 2011
This assistance is for Fremont County, Harrison County, Mills County, Monona County, Pottawattamie County, and Woodbury County.
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds
Declared May 5, 2011
This assistance is for Buena Vista County, Cherokee County, Ida County, Monona County, Pocahontas County, and Sac County.
2010
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes
Declared July 29, 2010
This assistance is for Appanoose County, Black Hawk County, Boone County, Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Clayton County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Dubuque County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Howard County, Humboldt County, Ida County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jones County, Kossuth County, Lee County, Lucas County, Lyon County, Mahaska County, Marion County, Monroe County, O'Brien County, Osceola County, Polk County, Ringgold County, Shelby County, Sioux County, Story County, Taylor County, Union County, Wapello County, Warren County, Webster County, and Wright County.
Severe Storms and Flooding
Declared July 27, 2010
This assistance is for Des Moines County, and Lee County.
Severe Winter Storms
Declared March 2, 2010
This assistance is for Adair County, Adams County, Audubon County, Boone County, Buena Vista County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Crawford County, Dallas County, Emmet County, Greene County, Guthrie County, Hardin County, Harrison County, Ida County, Madison County, Monona County, Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Pottawattamie County, Sac County, Shelby County, Story County, and Union County.
Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm
Declared February 25, 2010
This assistance is for Adair County, Audubon County, Buena Vista County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Crawford County, Dickinson County, Emmet County, Franklin County, Fremont County, Guthrie County, Harrison County, Ida County, Monona County, O'Brien County, Page County, Palo Alto County, Plymouth County, Pocahontas County, Pottawattamie County, Sac County, Shelby County, Sioux County, and Woodbury County.
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Unemployment Insurance
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Education
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