Were increasing it to 100% of all the costs to be covered by the federal government.
The federal government will cover 100% of the costs for 180 days.
Biden has 10 days left in his term.
Kamala Harris and Joe BidenPhoto by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Biden declared the region a major disaster, triggering the availability of immediate cash assistance at disasterassistance.gov.
Biden also addressed reports that a water shortage in the area stymied firefighting efforts.
But when they did that, it cut off the ability to generate pumping water.
He said that Cal Fire was bringing in generators to get the pumps moving again.
We are with you.
We are not going anywhere, Biden said.
Biden appeared withKamala Harris, whose home is in Los Angeles.
She canceled a planned overseas trip next week to deal with the fire disaster.
She called the scene apocalyptic.
What we are seeing is a situation that is extremely dynamic.
