The Healey administration is asking President Biden to reconsider FEMA’s rejection of the Bay State’s request for emergency relief following last fall’s devastating flooding.

According to a letter Gov. Maura Healey sent to the president on Monday by way of FEMA Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich, the governor was “extremely disappointed” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s February decision to deny federal assistance to the state and the communities impacted by flooding and heavy rain last September.

“These storms were devastating for our communities. I saw the impacts firsthand – homes and businesses were destroyed, roadways and bridges were inaccessible, and some residents had to be evacuated,” the governor wrote.

“Six months later, they are still rebuilding. The state has done all that we can to support their recovery, but the needs far outpace our available resources,” she continued.

The Herald was with Healey in Worcester County last fall while she was surveying the damage alongside an overwhelmed Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella.

“You get an inch or two inches of rain in a weather event that is two or three days, that’s a tough one,” the Mazzarella said at the time. “We’re talking anywhere from nine to 11 inches of rain in as few as four hours. There is no system that can absorb that amount of rain.”

The rain was strong enough it washed the ballast away from underneath the MBTA’s Fitchburg line between the Wachusett and Shirley stops, and MassDOT had to send divers into the Nashua River to survey the bridge above on Route 13. Hundreds of people were evacuated from low lying land due to fears the storm had damaged a pair of dams.

Standing next to the Mayor last September, Healey was clear her administration would be swift to pursue federal help from the Biden Administration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which allows the president to declare a major disaster.

Despite millions in damage to homes, businesses, and public property, FEMA denied the Healey Administration’s request for aid.

“Based on our review of all the information available, it has been determined that the damage caused by this event was not of such severity and magnitude as to be beyond the capabilities of the state, local governments, and voluntary agencies to recover from,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell wrote.

Neighboring Providence County, in Rhode Island, Healey pointed out in her appeal letter, was impacted by the same storm, has similar demographics, and received aid.

“I urge you to please reconsider our request and help us deliver the relief that Massachusetts cities and towns desperately need,” the governor said in closing.