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Pharr Mayor Declares Local State of Disaster; Requests Assistance from Texas Gov. Abbott

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025

Pharr, Texas – Following recent severe weather, including drenching rain, severe thunderstorms, and widespread flooding, City of Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez, M.D. today declared a local state of disaster for the City of Pharr effective March 27, 2025.

This Declaration of Disaster was made pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 and the Texas Government Code Section 418.108(a). The Texas Disaster Act of 1975 designates Mayor Hernandez as Emergency Management Director for the City of Pharr; the declaration allows him to activate the city’s emergency management plan.

Read the Disaster Declaration:

Mayor Hernandez also penned a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, requesting that he declare a state of emergency for the City of Pharr and issue appropriate directives to deal with the emergency, including authorizing the use of all available resources of state government and of political subdivisions that are reasonably necessary to cope with and mitigate this disaster.

Read the Letter to Governor Abbott:

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