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CWS situation report: Kansas flooding
July 18, 2007- Kansas was heavily impacted by flooding that began June 26
- President Bush declared nine Kansas counties - Elk, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Allen, Cowley, Labette and Linn - eligible for federal individual disaster assistance
- Flooding inundated the community of Coffeyville, KS, with an estimated 1,700 barrels of crude oil, when holding facilities broke at the Coffeyville Resources refinery
- 6,300 Coffeyville homes affected, 53 businesses. A state assessment team is determining which homes are salvageable and which must be destroyed. Recovery progress depends on the assessment team's work.
Vulnerable communities watch
- The declared counties represent some of Kansas' poorest, with poverty levels as high as 20.6 percent (per 2000 U.S. Census)
- Significant pollution from heavy metals mining remains in southeastern Kansas communities
CWS response
- CWS is making a small shipment of 125 Hygiene Kits and 100 School Kits to the First Christian Church in Independence, KS; this follows another shipment early this week of 100 Clean-up Buckets and 100 Hygiene Kits to First Christian Church in Coffeyville
- CWS anticipates issuing an appeal to cover training and projects throughout the theater of this disaster
- CWS will forward future information as received from the local recovery effort or national response agencies
Media Contact:
Lesley Crosson, CWS/New York, 212-870-2676;
Jan Dragin, 781-925-1526;
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