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Walker asks FEMA to assess flood damage in Northern Wis.

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MADISON (WKOW) -- Governor Scott Walker has asked FEMA to conduct a preliminary damage assessment of public infrastructure damage caused by flooding in Northern Wisconsin this June.
 
Walker made the request Friday with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The counties and tribal land that will be looked at include Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas Counties and the Red Cliff Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa.
 
Walker toured the area recently to see the damage and talk with flood victims and local officials.  "Communities throughout northwest Wisconsin were hit hard by damaging winds and flooding on June 19-20 and we are doing everything we can to help them," said Governor Walker.  "I saw firsthand the damage that was done and the financial strain it is causing these local communities in their efforts to recover and rebuild."
 
FEMA teams will begin assessing damage on July 17. It is the first step to potentially request federal disaster assistance.
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