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Rio Grande City adopts local disaster declaration after weekend storms
Summary
The Rio Grande City Commission voted Monday to adopt a mayor's declaration of local disaster for severe storms that struck March 6–7, opening the door to state or federal assistance and urging residents to document damage through the iSTAT reporting app.
The Rio Grande City Commission voted Monday to adopt a mayor's declaration of local disaster for severe weather, the presiding official said, following storms that caused broken windows, missing roofs and other damage across the city.
The declaration, introduced as agenda item 2(a), is intended to allow the mayor to sign a formal declaration and begin seeking assistance; the Chief said city personnel canvassed affected areas with TDEM and urged residents to use the iSTAT (and pSTAT) reporting apps to document damage. "So far, we had a total of 437 people using that app," the Chief said, adding that 340 of those users were…
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