West Alton, Mo., June 6, 2013 -- A temporary levee has been built on Missouri Route 94 to stop rising water. FEMA and the State of Missouri are doing  joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) in the areas hit by a tornado. PDA is used to determine the magnitude and impact of an event's damage. The State uses the results of the PDA to determine if the situation is beyond the combined capabilities of the State and local resources and to verify the need for supplemental Federal assistance. Steve Zumwalt/FEMA

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West Alton, Mo., June 6, 2013 -- A temporary levee has been built on Missouri Route 94 to stop rising water. FEMA and the State of Missouri are doing joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) in the areas hit by a tornado. PDA is used to determine the magnitude and impact of an event's damage. The State uses the results of the PDA to determine if the situation is beyond the combined capabilities of the State and local resources and to verify the need for supplemental Federal assistance. Steve Zumwalt/FEMA

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Date Taken: 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC

Photographer Name: Steve Zumwalt

City/State: West Alton, MO

Keywords: Flooding Levee Missouri PDA River ^ Levee ^ Flooding ^ River ^ Missouri ^ PDA

Disaster Types: Dam/Levee Break ^ Flooding

Categories: Feature Stories ^ Miscellaneous ^ Response
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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