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DR-70-WADRFlood

Floods

Major Disaster Declaration for Washington, declared Mar 6, 1957, statewide.

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Declaration: DR-70-WA
Type: Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory: Washington
Incident type: Flood
Declared: Mar 6, 1957
Requested: Mar 6, 1957 · request 57016
Incident began: Mar 6, 1957
Incident ended: Mar 6, 1957
Incident period: 1 day
Closed out: Jan 1, 1961
Fiscal year: 1957
FEMA region: Region 10

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of Washington (statewide designation).