The damage reports will be sent to both PEMA and FEMA, and all assessments will be entered into the state’s damage reporter system.Ī Crisis Clean-Up Hotline has been established to connect people with information and possible assistance by calling 84. The county continues to urge residents and business owners that were affected by the July 16 floods to report damages to their local municipalities and fill out the online damage questionnaire, available on the NCEMS website, to start the countywide assessment process. Officials said the agency has received reports of residential damages from over 150 households across 11 municipalities so far. Northampton County Emergency Management Services is still working to gather damage assessments. Six have enacted disaster declarations due to damages sustained – Bangor Borough and Lower Mount Bethel, Upper Mount Bethel, Palmer, Plainfield, and Washington townships. Washington Township (infrastructure, roadways).Stockertown Borough (park, recreational trail).Plainfield Township (infrastructure, roadways).Forks Township (infrastructure, roadways).Bangor Borough (infrastructure, roadways).This estimate includes around $400,000 in damages to county bridges.Īs of Friday, eleven municipalities have reported municipal damages. The county said in a release Friday that many municipalities have reported estimated costs, and that accumulative damages are estimated to be between $5,500,000 and $6,000,000. Northampton County says estimated damages from last weekend’s flash flooding events have surpassed $5 million.
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