PROCLAMATION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on September 29, 2026, and continuing thereafter, a series of severe storm systems affected the state of Iowa; and
WHEREAS, this storm system caused severe weather, including damaging winds, straight-line winds, thunderstorms, heavy rains and flash flooding, resulting in significant damage to public and private property; and
WHEREAS, Harrison County suffered significant damage from this event; and
WHEREAS, Iowa Department of Transportation officials in the county affected by this disaster have conducted surveys and assessments which indicate that federal-aid routes and bridges have sustained severe damage as the result of this severe weather; and
WHEREAS, federal law as set forth in 23 U.S.C. § 120 (e) and 23 CFR § 668.101 authorizes emergency relief funding for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid routes that have suffered severe damage over a wide area as a result of a natural disaster, if the governor of the affected state issues a proclamation of disaster emergency in respect to those damages; and
WHEREAS, these conditions threaten the public peace, health, and safety of citizens of the State of Iowa and have damaged and destroyed public and private property. Because of this, they provide legal justification for the issuance of a Proclamation of a State of Disaster Emergency pursuant to Iowa Code § 29C.6 (1).
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KIMBERLY K. REYNOLDS, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by the Iowa Constitution Art. IV, §§ 1, 8 and Iowa Code § 29C.6 (1), and all other applicable laws, do hereby proclaim a STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY for Harrison County and do hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:
SECTION ONE. I hereby declare this Proclamation of Disaster Emergency for the specific purpose of obtaining federal emergency relief funding for federal-aid routes in Harrison County. 23 U.S.C. § 120 (e) and 23 CFR § 668.101.
SECTION TWO. This state of disaster emergency shall be effective on October 26, 2026, shall continue for thirty (30) days, and shall expire on November 25, 2026, unless sooner terminated or extended in writing by me. Iowa Code § 29C.6 (1).
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF IOWA TO BE AFFIXED AT DES MOINES, IOWA THIS TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.