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Kootenai County approves retroactive disaster declaration for March atmospheric-river event
Summary
Kootenai County approved a retroactive disaster declaration so local governments and utilities can seek FEMA public assistance after new weather analysis combined March windstorm and flooding into an atmospheric-river event.
Kootenai County commissioners voted April 14 to approve a retroactive disaster declaration for an atmospheric-river event that affected the region in March 2026.
Tiffany Westbrook of the county Office of Emergency Management told commissioners the National Weather Service now regards a previous windstorm and separate flooding and landslides (March 11–13) as a single event. "The weather service…
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