FEMA approves $21 million flood mitigation funding for Washington and Oregon

EVERETT — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, approved almost $21 million Thursday to support flood mitigation in Oregon and Washington.

Record-breaking floods hit Snohomish County in December. The county is receiving a nearly $300,000 FEMA grant to support a countywide risk study of flood infrastructure to help prevent future flood impacts, a FEMA press release said.

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The funding was approved in June 2025 but was held up by then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, a press release from U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, said.

U.S. Rep. DelBene, Rick Larsen, D-Everett, and Kim Schrier, D-Sammamish, wrote a letter to Noem in December to release the funding, as the state was facing the extreme floods, the release said.

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