Virginia’s Florence costs are $41 million and rising, with federal aid on the way
Two days later, 245,000 people living in Zone A, the area most prone to flooding, were told to evacuate.
Dispatching and providing for the rescue teams, shelter staff, nurses and other personnel
By Monday, the hurricane had become a tropical depression and had dumped more than 30 inches of rain in some areas of
It had, for the most part, spared
Most of the money spent on Hurricane Florence will come out of the state's general fund for now. But thanks to President
Replenishing the general fund through federal reimbursement will take some time, though -- 18 months to two years, Layne estimated while appearing before the
In the meantime, he said the state might be able to use surplus money at the end of this year to cover some of the costs while it waits for federal reimbursement.
The
Layne said that, had the hurricane taken a more northern route, the cost to the state could've been much greater.
"A week ago at this time, we were right in the crosshairs," he said. "That is really the issue with this type of planning, particularly when we look at any type of evacuation. We have to be somewhere between 72 hours out to make that call."
More than half of the budgeted
Emergency management officials are still determining how much was actually spent on operating the shelters, Caldwell said. The cost estimate assumed they would stay open a week, but the William and Mary shelter closed at
The shelters at CNU and William and Mary were managed by state emergency management staff and private contractors. They could have held up to 5,800 people, but the
Around
The other large expense, about
Stern said he expects
Any costs incurred from providing support to
"We do not budget for any of these particular emergencies," he told legislators Monday.
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