Trump administration denies Alaska's request for larger cost share of Halong disaster recovery

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The Trump administration has denied Alaska’s request for a larger federal cost share for disaster recovery efforts following devastation wrought by the remnants of Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska last fall.

In a May 31 denial letter, a senior official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s appeal for a 90% federal cost reimbursement for the first three months following the disaster, saying the request for additional funding was “not warranted.”

The denial leaves the federal government covering 75%, and the state covering the remaining 25% of disaster recovery costs, putting Alaska on the hook for tens of millions of dollars.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy claimed the federal government would fully reimburse the state for the first 90 days of immediate disaster relief and recovery efforts, when President Trump signed a federal disaster declaration in October.



https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/04/trump-administration-denies-alaskas-request-for-larger-cost-share-of-halong-disaster-recovery/