Governor Kevin Stitt extended the State of Emergency after storm last night and added six counties to the disaster declaration. The change covers Beaver, Canadian, Grady, Hughes, McIntosh and Oklahoma counties as damage assessments continue.
Stitt and Emergency Management
The amended executive order follows an overnight derecho that caused significant damage across Oklahoma. Before the change, Cherokee, Creek, Kay, Okfuskee, Ottawa and Tulsa counties were already included in the disaster declaration.
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management is coordinating efforts, and county emergency managers are helping assess damage. The executive order also directs state agencies to provide available resources to the newly impacted counties.
Stitt said, "Damage assessments are still ongoing." He also said, "Oklahomans can help by quickly assessing any damage on their property and reporting it to state and local emergency managers."
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Stitt and Emergency Management are encouraging impacted Oklahomans to report any damage at damage.ok.gov. That gives state and local responders one place to collect damage reports while crews keep working through affected areas.
"Thank you to the first responders who are working quickly to clear debris and keeping Oklahomans safe," Stitt said. The immediate task now is not the declaration itself, but getting a fuller count of damage in Beaver, Canadian, Grady, Hughes, McIntosh and Oklahoma.
