STATE OF INDIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR: DECLARING A DISASTER EMERGENCY IN CARROLL, CASS, ELKHART, FULTON, JASPER, MARSHALL, PULASKI, TIPPECANOE AND WHITE COUNTIES, INDIANA, DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, heavy rains swept through Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Marshall, Pulaski, Tippecanoe and White counties on January 7, 2008; and
WHEREAS, serious flooding and flash flooding, particularly involving the Tippecanoe, Yellow and Wabash rivers, resulted from the heavy rains; and
WHEREAS, state, federal and local roads throughout the affected counties became impassable due to high water; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the flooding and flash flooding, there has been significant damage to public and private property.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby
DECLARE, that a state of disaster emergency exists in Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Marshall, Pulaski, Tippecanoe and White counties, Indiana; and
ORDER the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, having already implemented the State Emergency Plan, to provide needed emergency services to the damaged areas of Indiana impacted by the heavy rains and subsequent flooding and to coordinate assistance with appropriate federal, state and local agencies.
This declaration of disaster emergency was in effect beginning January 7, 2008, and continues.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., have hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana on this 23rd day of January, 2008.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Governor of Indiana
Posted: 03/26/2008 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20080326-IR-GOV080123EOA
Composed: May 02,2024 10:39:16AM EDT
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