Residents and businesses reminded to report flood damage to local officials; State OEM offers website link to assist

JUNE 28, 2024:

The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management continue collecting damage data from residents and businesses that have experienced flood related damage. The information provided will be used to seek a Presidential Disaster Declaration.

State officials say it’s important to fill out the form completely and accurately. Form fields include fill in the blank and drop-down options. Users will need to provide their property address, contact information and an estimate of the value of the damage, along with other basic damage information.

Photographs showing the damage are crucial and should be included in the form submission. The deadline for submitting damage data is July 12, 2024. Completing the form does not guarantee that assistance will become available.

JUNE 26, 2024:

The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management is collecting information from residents and businesses that have experienced flood related damage.

Governor Kristi Noem says nearly half of the counties in the state have been affected in some way.

During a news conference late Tuesday afternoon (July 25, 2024) in Yankton, Noem said the water there is slowly receding.

Noem says forecasted water levels in the James, Big Sioux, Vermillion and Missouri rivers all looked better Tuesday afternoon than when the flooding started late last week.

Noem says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been doing what they can to ease the situation from Yankton, up and down the Missouri River.

So far, the Corps has not used the Oahe Dam to try to help alleviate flooding along the Missouri River, but John Remus, chief of the Corp’s Missouri River Water Management Division, said earlier this week (June 24, 2024) some adjustments may happen.

Information provided by residents and businesses will be used to seek a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance and a Small Business Administration Rural Agency Disaster Declaration.

1. Residents and businesses that have experienced flood damage should report their damage using the following link: https://crisistrack.juvare.com/selfreport/sdoem.jsp and select their county.
2. Residents who experienced damage will select the residential damage form and businesses who experienced damage will select the commercial damage form. It is important to fill out the form completely and accurately.
3. Photographs showing the damage are crucial and should be included in the form submission. The deadline for submitting damage data is July 12, 2024. Completing the form does not guarantee that assistance will become available.