New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has requested federal emergency assistance to repair damage from severe storms earlier this year and over the past month or so.

“I request that a major disaster be declared for the State of New Hampshire,” Sununu wrote in a letter to President Biden dated today, adding that a severe winter storm and associated flooding between the end of April and the beginning of May “resulted in damages” in Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack and Strafford Counties “and overwhelmed State and local resources requiring an immediate and urgent response.”

“Given the severity and magnitude of this natural disaster and the events that have transpired during the April 30 – May 1, 2023, incident and since then, Federal assistance is necessary to supplement the efforts and available resources of the state and local governments to recover from disaster related losses,” he continued later in the letter.

He wrote that the damages “were concentrated in Carroll County where the heaviest rain fell; however, other areas of the state saw intense rain and flooding that threatened public safety and damaged infrastructure.”

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