HUTCHINSON — Residents in the Hutchinson area affected by flooding will not receive financial relief from the damage caused.

According to Adam Weishaar with Reno County Emergency Management, the area did not sustain enough damage to qualify for FEMA individual assistance or low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration.

Weishaar says the area and the state fell well short of FEMA help although the area easily hit the needed threshold for public assistance, which is used by governments to repair infrastructure.

Weishaar also tried to secure the low-interest loans from the SBA, but most homes didn’t qualify. To be eligible, a home or business must have suffered damage totaling 40% of its value. Fewer than 25 properties in the area hit that mark.