FEMA pays $3 million in Fairfax County snow removal costs

March 17, 2011 - 09:58 am

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay over $3 million of the costs that Fairfax County took on while trying to clean up after the mammoth 2010 snowstorms, the Washington Business Journal reports.

: The February 2010 snowstorms, dubbed by many as "Snowmageddon," paralyzed the region. (Photo: Associated Press)

The amount will cover about 75 percent of what the county paid to remove snow from county-maintained roads and other areas.

Back-to-back storms in February of 2010 inundated the Washington D.C. metro area with over 24 inches of snow combined.

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