text:  closely. 22 Minnesota counties were approved for a federal disaster declaration over the weekend due to flooding. The Mississippi River cresting in the Twin Cities. FEMA Regional Administrator Thomas Sivek urging Minnesotans to document flood damage. Pictures are worth a thousand words to us. The time and date stamp of the damages in your homes, if it is safe to do so, is going to be vitally important for us as we go through the damage assessment process.