Assistance may include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster, according to the DPA agency.
Damage assessments continue in other areas and major disaster status designation for more counties and additional forms of assistance are not ruled out after analyzes are complete.
The Boulder County Office of Emergency Management reported that two people are missing. “We are going to continue investigating,” explained agency spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill, quoted by CNN.
The governor of Colorado Jared PolisIt also declared a state of emergency throughout the region, while the National Meteorological Service warned of a “life-threatening situation” in the affected areas.
“580 houses have been lost in Superior and its surroundings, a shopping center and a hotel were also engulfed in flames,” said the county police chief, Joe Pelle, according to statements collected by the television network CNN. Reports of six injured people were also released.
The National Metereological Service He posted on social media that smaller fires were also reported in at least two other areas in recent hours.
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