Governor Janet T. Mills (D) Addresses Audience at Grand Opening of Sun Life US on Munjoy HIll June 27, 2023.

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the firt woman governor of Maine and its first woman AG, and the US Congressiongal Declaration, announced this morning that President Joe Biden has approved the State of Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for eight Maine counties impacted by a summer spring storm that brought heavy rain and wind that created flooding, swelling rivers, power outages, tree damage and more than $2 million in infrastructure damage.

Last month, Governor Mills requested that President Biden issue the Major Disaster Declaration for Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, Somerset and Waldo Counties for damage sustained by the storm on April 30 and May 1st.

“We are grateful that President Biden has approved Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration,” said Governor Mills and Maine’s Congressional Delegation in a Joint Statement.  “This declaration will make available critical Federal funding that Maine will use to complete costly infrastructure repairs necessary after this spring’s severe storm.”