The Burnet County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, Aug. 5, voted to extend its disaster declaration for the recent flood to Sept. 4.

The county has been under the declaration since July 4 and will likely remain so until victims who lost their homes are rehoused, according to Burnet County Emergency Management Coordinator Derek Marchio.

“Once we get folks into longer-term housing, that would justify possibly lifting the declaration,” he told DailyTrib.com .

Marchio explained that the official disaster declaration is necessary to keep the door open to state and federal support for Burnet County flood victims.

While the floodwaters receded within days of the disaster, recovery efforts are still well underway across the county.

Ark of Highland Lakes and Burnet County Emergency Management

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