Howard County Judge Kathryn Wiseman declared a local state of disaster for Howard County on Monday morning. The declaration states that the county has suffered widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of property resulting from an unprecedented winter weather event.
Judge Wiseman determined that extraordinary measures must be taken to alleviate the suffering of people and to protect or rehabilitate property.
This declaration activates the Howard County Emergency Management Plan. During Monday’s meeting of the Howard County Commissioners Court, Commissioners extended the length of declaration, which had originally been for 7 days.