From the document: "On June 23, 2024, Governor Kim Reynolds requested an expedited major disaster declaration due to severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds, and tornadoes beginning on June 16, 2024, and continuing. The Governor requested a declaration for Individual Assistance for nine counties, Public Assistance for 22 counties, and Hazard Mitigation statewide. Beginning on June 22, 2024, joint federal, state, tribal, and local government Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) were conducted in the requested areas and are summarized below. PDAs estimate damages immediately after an event and are considered, along with several other factors, in determining whether a disaster is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and the affected local governments, and that Federal assistance is necessary. On June 24, 2024, President Biden declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa. This declaration made Individual Assistance requested by the Governor available to affected individuals and households in Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth, and Sioux Counties. This declaration also made debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis in Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, and Sioux Counties. Finally, this declaration made Hazard Mitigation Grant Program assistance requested by the Governor available for hazard mitigation measures statewide."