Posted June 05, 2019 09:16am
(KAIR)---Atchison is now added to the list of counties included in the state disaster proclamation signed May 9 by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
Other included local counties are Doniphan, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Marshall, Nemaha, and Pottawatomie.
There are a total of 63 counties listed with the proclamation.
Meanwhile, 33 Kansas counties are included with the emergency federal disaster declaration from President Donald Trump.
Locally, those include Doniphan, Jefferson, Leavenworth, and Marshall.
According to a news release from the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office, an emergency declaration supplements state and local government efforts for required emergency measures to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe through direct federal assistance for emergency protective measures.
According to the release, river and lake levels continue a downward trend in Kansas.
Locally, Perry Reservoir is releasing water at 10,000 cubic feet per second with a target of reducing the flood pool to 80 percent of its capacity, a little more than one foot below the current level.