(Adair Co.) A widespread area near Orient in Adair County experienced large hail during Saturdays severe storms.
Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Kempf said, “We had all the way from pea sized hail to baseball sized hail throughout the southeast fourth of Adair County, which included the City of Orient. Pretty much from Lewis Avenue all the way to the Madison County border, and then from the Union County border clear up to Highway 92 and as everybody knows that storm continued to intensify and ended up hitting the Winterset area that caused the tornados.”
Kempf encourages residents to report their damage. “We just want to reach out to people to make sure that they are getting ahold of their insurance companies if they had damages. One of the things that we’re most interested in is if people have uninsured or underinsured damages that they contact the Emergency Management office at 641-332-3030 so that if there is somebody out there that needs some other assistance we can capture that data and work with the state to see if we can get them any type of assistance.”
If you have any pictures of damages, contact the Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management office.
Update: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Adair County in response to the March 5 severe weather. The governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather.
In addition, the proclamation activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program for qualifying residents, along with the Disaster Case Management Program.
The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program provides grants of up to $5,000 for households with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Grants are available for home or car repairs, replacement of clothing or food, and temporary housing expenses. Original receipts are required for those seeking reimbursement for actual expenses related to storm recovery. Potential applicants have until April 19, 2022 to submit a claim. The grant application and instructions are available at the Adair County Neighborhood Center in Greenfield and online on the Iowa Department of Human Services website at https://dhs.iowa.gov/disaster-assistance-programs
The Disaster Case Management Program addresses serious needs related to disaster-related hardship, injury, or adverse conditions. Disaster case managers work with clients to create a disaster recovery plan and provide guidance, advice, and referral to obtain a service or resource. There are no income eligibility requirements for this program. The program closes 180 days from the date of the governor’s proclamation. For information on the Disaster Case Management Program, contact the Adair County Neighborhood Center in Greenfield.
