The wind storms that rolled through Adair County in late June are still taking their effect on local communities as cleanup efforts continue. Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Coordinator Bob Kempf tells Raccoon Valley Radio that, thankfully, the majority of the destruction was limited to trees and minor home damage. He says the storm wasn’t quite strong enough to warrant grant assistance from the State.

“We did have a couple of people that called in (with) uninsured losses. However they weren’t losses that would qualify for any of the programs. That’s why we didn’t request the State to activate the State Individual (Disaster) Assistance (Grant) Program because we weren’t made aware of anybody that would actually qualify.”

Kempf says they are still working with individual cities, Adair County Health System, and other non-profit organizations to see if they would qualify for disaster relief grants. He says their labor and equipment costs could be at least partially reimbursed. For more information on if you qualify for any disaster relief programs, contact Adair and Guthrie County EMA.