{"id":1663935,"date":"2022-09-29T08:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663935"},"modified":"2022-09-29T08:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:53:24","slug":"gov-desantis-calls-on-biden-to-approve-major-disaster-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-calls-on-biden-to-approve-major-disaster-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis Calls on Biden to Approve Major Disaster Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-desantis-calls-on-biden-to-approve-major-disaster-declaration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>                On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/watch-don-lemon-shut-down-by-weather-authority-after-saying-hurricane-ian-is-due-to-climate-change\">Hurricane Ian<\/a> made landfall in Florida as one of the most catastrophic storms the state has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/watch-ron-desantis-gets-standing-ovation-at-turning-point-action-rally-for-flying-illegal-immigrants-to-martha-s-vineyard\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> has taken action to assist Floridians, including requesting that President Joe Biden approve a Major Disaster Declaration allowing federal aid to flood in.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2022\/09\/28\/governor-ron-desantis-requests-president-biden-approve-major-disaster-declaration-and-100-percent-federal-cost-share-for-60-days-for-hurricane-ian\/\">news release<\/a> issued by <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/desantis-hypocritical-democrats-don-t-want-illegals-in-their-affluent-neighborhoods\">DeSantis<\/a>\u2019 office,the Major Disaster Declaration would, if granted, provide \u201ca wide range of federal assistance programs for individuals, as well as funds for both emergency and permanent work and public infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor indicated in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SLT-BIZHUB22092816381.pdf\">request<\/a> to Biden that all sixty-seven of Florida\u2019s counties, as well as its two Indian tribes, would need assistance, citing the various impacts Hurricane Ian is expected to have across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the Major Disaster Declaration request, DeSantis also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SLT-BIZHUB22092816380.pdf\">called on Biden<\/a> to, via the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shoulder 100 percent of the costs associated with debris removal and emergency protective measures for the first sixty days, as well as 90 percent of all other categories of public assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In his justification for asking the federal government to take on nearly all the costs, DeSantis cited \u201cthe size, strength, and track of the storm,\u201d as well as \u201cthe fact that Florida communities are still recovering from multiple events from the last five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference Wednesday evening, DeSantis noted that when he spoke with Biden the day before, the president appeared willing to \u201cbe helpful,\u201d urging the Florida governor to ask for anything his state needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we\u2019ll get a favorable response on that,\u201d he added, referring to the aforementioned requests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis noted that while there has been structural damage reported in a few counties, the biggest issue thus far has been the \u201csurge\u201d of water coming in, and the flooding that has occurred as a result.<\/p>\n<p>He added that meteorologists believe the surges have peaked, in some areas at twelve feet, and that they will gradually decline going forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The conditions have led to widespread power outages, with more expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as one of the most catastrophic storms the state has ever seen.Governor Ron DeSantis has taken action to 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