Division of Emergency Management Digest, Volume 33, Number 3, May-June 1987 Page: 2
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Saragosa Recovers From Tornado
Residents in the community of Saragosa in Reeves
County are recovering from a tornado that destroyed
much of the town May 22. Thirty people died as a
result of the tornado, and some 120 were injured.
About 70 homes were destroyed or heavily damaged.
At the request of Governor William P. Clements, Jr.,
Saragosa was declared a major disaster area by Presi-
dent Reagan on May 26. The declaration made
residents eligible for Individual Assistance in the form
of temporary housing, grants, and low interest rate
loans.
A state/federal Disaster Assistance Center was open
S May 30 through June 3 at the Balmorhea High School,
about five miles from the community.
To date, the Department of Human Services, which ad-
ministers the state-federal Individual and Family Grant
program, has approved 90 grants for a total of
$303,243 -- an average grant of $3,369.37. The
grants are funded 25 percent by the state, 75 percent
by the federal government.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approvedfour loans for homeowners and one for business pur-
poses to date. Several SBA applications are pending.
Because of the large number of residents left homeless
by the tornado and the lack of nearby rental units, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency brought in
mobile homes as part of the Temporary Housing pro-
gram. The State of Texas paid approximately
$100,000 for the development of the mobile home
park site, on land donated by the Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church. Twenty-six families are being housed there
until permanent shelter is available; others are staying
in rental units paid for the FEMA, or are receiving living
expenses while staying with family or friends
The Texas Department of Community Affairs has
awarded $260,000 in Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) funds to help residents learn job skills. A re-
quest for funds to help rebuild some of the destroyed
houses is also being considered by TDCA.
Residents and volunteers from across the country are
using donated building supplies to rebuild some of the
houses under the direction of the Saragosa Building
Committee and volunteer agencies.I
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Disaster Assistance Center workers helped 111 people in the DAC in Balmorhea. A variety of state,
federal and volunteer relief programs were made available to victims of the tornado. Photo by Win Henderson.
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Texas. Division of Emergency Management. Division of Emergency Management Digest, Volume 33, Number 3, May-June 1987, periodical, May 1987; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1032644/m1/3/?q=%22Landscape+and+Nature+-+Natural+Disasters%22: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.