新泽西州长Sherrill请求联邦重大灾难宣告：9月东北风暴三县损失近2700万美元，开普梅县1378万美元居首
新泽西州州长 Mikie Sherrill 10月26日致信总统特朗普，为蒙茅斯县、大西洋县与开普梅县请求联邦重大灾难宣告，帮助三县从9月下旬袭击新泽西州的东北风暴中恢复。州长办公室10月27日公布，联邦紧急事务管理署（FEMA）核实的初步损失为：开普梅县1,377.99万美元、蒙茅斯县846.94万美元、大西洋县472.67万美元，合计近2,700万美元，三县均大幅超过 FEMA 设定的人均损失指标，蒙茅斯县近3倍、开普梅县达30倍。
Sherrill 说：「我们正努力确保沿海社区拥有所需资源，从9月东北风暴中恢复。新泽西送往华盛顿的联邦税款比收回的多出数十亿美元，现在希望联邦政府尽其本分，让这些社区得以重建。我感谢州应急管理办公室与地方、县级伙伴快速行动，记录损失并完成申请所需的评估。」若总统批准重大灾难宣告，州与受灾县可申请 FEMA 公共援助补助报销风暴相关支出，并可获得减灾补助计划资金，用于加固社区抵御未来风暴。
这场东北风暴于9月最后一个周末及随后周一横扫新泽西，造成严重沿海洪水、停电与高潮位风险：大西洋城及周边海滨城镇有2至3英尺洪水灌入住宅与车辆，海滩沙丘严重流失，多地街道被淹。Sherrill 曾于9月25日对大西洋、伯灵顿、开普梅、坎伯兰、米德尔塞克斯、蒙茅斯、海洋与塞勒姆8县发布紧急状态，9月29日解除。
州长办公室称，此次请求之前一周，Sherrill 政府已另行请求联邦按《公法84-99》援助修复风暴中受损的陆军工程兵团项目；FEMA 公共援助将覆盖工程兵团管辖之外的受损海岸区域。州环境保护厅海岸工程办公室的灾后评估指出，许多海滩经受住了风暴冲击，但不少区域出现陡峭侵蚀、护岸结构外露与波浪爬高频率增加。
New Jersey Governor Sherrill Requests Federal Major Disaster Declaration: September Nor'easter Caused Nearly $27 Million in Damage in Three Counties
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill sent a letter to President Trump on October 26 requesting a federal major disaster declaration for Monmouth, Atlantic and Cape May counties to help the communities recover from the nor'easter that struck New Jersey in late September. According to the governor's office, which publicized the request on October 27, FEMA-validated preliminary damages were $13,779,935 in Cape May County, $8,469,403 in Monmouth County and $4,726,699 in Atlantic County, nearly $27 million in total. All three counties greatly exceeded FEMA's per capita damage indicator, from nearly three times in Monmouth County to 30 times in Cape May County.
'We are working to ensure our coastal communities have the resources they need to recover from the September Nor'easter,' Sherrill said. 'New Jersey sends billions more in federal tax dollars to Washington than we receive in return, and now we hope the administration will do its part so these communities can rebuild. I thank OEM and our local and county partners for moving quickly to document the damage and complete the assessments needed to pursue federal assistance.' If the President grants a major disaster declaration, the state and affected counties could pursue FEMA Public Assistance grants to reimburse storm-related costs, along with Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding for projects that strengthen communities against future storms.
The nor'easter swept through New Jersey over the last weekend of September and the following Monday, causing significant coastal flooding, power outages and high-tide risks. Atlantic City and surrounding shore towns saw two to three feet of floodwater sweep through homes and vehicles, with major dune loss on the beaches and street flooding in several towns. Sherrill declared a state of emergency on September 25 for eight counties - Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem - which was lifted on September 29.
The governor's office said the request follows a request the previous week for federal assistance under Public Law 84-99 to repair eligible U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects damaged by the storm; FEMA's Public Assistance program would cover damaged coastal areas not under Army Corps authority. A post-storm assessment by the state Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Coastal Engineering found that while many beaches withstood the storm, it left many areas with heavily sloped erosion, exposed groins and increased wave runup on upper beaches, seawalls and dunes.
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