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Gov. Armstrong requests presidential disaster declaration for June storms • North Dakota Monitor [1]

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Date: 2025-07

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has asked President Donald Trump’s administration to designate the series of tornadoes that swept North Dakota on June 20-21 as a major disaster. If granted, the designation will open up federal financial assistance to help North Dakota communities recover from the storm.

A preliminary cost analysis of the storm, which consisted of more than 20 tornadoes and intense wind, estimated it caused $11.5 million in damages, according to a Monday announcement from Armstrong’s office. One tornado took the lives of three people in Enderlin and power outages caused by the storm led to the death of a fourth man in Stutsman County.

Armstrong has submitted a request through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate the storms as a disaster in 19 North Dakota counties: Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Griggs, Kidder, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Ransom, Sheridan, Sioux, Steele, Stutsman, Traill and Wells.

Oliver County sustained an estimated $2.6 million in damages. Cass County has reported costs totaling about $1.5 million, while storm damage in Barnes County is estimated at $1.3 million, according to the governor’s office. The impact in Stutsman County is roughly $1.1 million.

Federal aid would help North Dakota cover the cost of removing storm debris, repairing infrastructure and other expenses.

“The destructive power of the storm system that ripped across our state on June 20-21 was unlike anything North Dakotans have seen in recent history — and hopefully something we’ll never see again,” Armstrong said in the announcement.

According to the governor’s office, storm damage has been reported in several other North Dakota counties, but not on the level required to seek a presidential disaster declaration.

After the storm, the North Dakota state government set up a program to lend farmers gap funding to replace or repair damaged farm infrastructure — like storage bins — while they wait for their insurance claims to be processed. The program makes about $37 million available from the Bank of North Dakota. Those interested in applying can find out more on the bank’s website. The application window closes Dec. 31. The storm is thought to be the deadliest in several decades.

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