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DR-590-IADRTornado

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Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa, declared Jul 1, 1979, in 8 counties.

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Declaration
DR-590-IA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Iowa
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Jul 1, 1979
Requested
Jun 30, 1979 · request 79057
Incident began
Jul 1, 1979
Incident ended
Jul 1, 1979
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Jan 30, 1984
Fiscal year
1979
FEMA region
Region 7

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