(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will grant Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration to help several counties impacted during severe winter storms in the state from February 11 to February 19, 2021. The severe winter weather caused a total of six fatalities and at the height of the storm, more than 20,000 Tennesseans were without power. Damage assessments afterward exceeded $9.8 million. The 13 counties included in FEMA’s Major Disaster Declaration are Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Moore, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Scott, Shelby, and Smith.