FEMA

Residents and business owners in 27 Michigan counties could be eligible for federal aid to help recover from April's storms and historic flooding.

After historic flooding and deadly tornados ravaged the state in April, President Trump says Michigan will get $32 million in relief.

Mass flooding and tornadoes ravaged homes, businesses and infrastructure across the state in April. Now officials are surveying the damage, as the state decides to apply for federal relief.

Ice storms in 2025 devastated areas across northern Michigan, leaving entire grids down for weeks. President Trump recently reversed FEMA's decision to deny member-owned utilities disaster relief.

The village of Sanford and Midland Center for the Arts are still awaiting reimbursements for the cost of rebuilding after the devastating 2020 floods.

The bipartisan bill was passed over half a year ago and aims to allow for reimbursements on things like tree-related property damage.

Although northern Michigan's ice storm initial appeal for individual relief and utilities has been denied by the Trump administration, utilities are still eligible for other types of relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The aid denial had been appealed by Governor Whitmer back in August.

The new $20 monthly charge is helping the Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op pay down $150 million in costs accumulated from the March ice storm.

U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) privately met with local officials in Alpena on Friday to discuss the impact of March’s historic ice storm. After the meeting, she spoke with WCMU about federal funding for ice storm recovery, the ongoing protest against the Line 5 pipeline tunnel project and the future of Gotion's EV battery plant in Big Rapids.