MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will not receive financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for additional costs to respond to January's massive snowstorm.
Al Lisko, director of mitigation and recovery for the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, tells The Journal that the state could not reach a cost threshold to qualify for a public properties and extraordinary costs disaster declaration.
Lisko said Thursday that the state did a thorough analysis of the costs and even asked FEMA for a 30-day extension, but could not reach the threshold of $2.7 million. The state's total costs were about $1.3 million.
Notices were sent to county HSEM directors notifying them the state didn't qualify for relief.
The storm dumped as much as 40 inches of snow in late January.