Gov. Mark Dayton, in a letter sent to President Obama on Friday, requested for a major federal disaster declaration after a tornado hit a metro area in Minnesota.

Tornado damages amount to more than $16 million. Dayton asked a disaster declaration for Anoka and Hennepin Counties.

According to Dayton’s office, initial assessments over the area for the last two days revealed costs and damages of nearly $16.33 million. Teams such as members of Federal Emergency Management Agency helped check the situation of the counties.

Public assistance was requested for those areas affected with the tornado. Meanwhile, individual assistance was also requested for those residents affected in Hennepin County.

The EF-1 tornado destroyed 25 homes based on the preliminary assessments made over the area. Also, it had caused major damages to 92 homes and minor damages to 328 homes.

Dayton detailed in his letter how the tornado formed with small warning and moved 14 miles farther to Blaine from Golden Valley on Sunday. Two people were killed by the disaster, one of whom died after the tornado swept through the counties. Dozens of people were injured while hundreds have been dislocated.

The tornado passed through depressed neighborhoods, which were extremely affected by home foreclosures in latest years, Dayton wrote in the letter. He said 7,718 of the estimated 20,612 tornado-hit households live below the poverty line.

FEMA will finance 75 percent of the costs, which would likely cover debris removal, repair of public amenities and other emergency services once President Obama declares a federal major disaster in the counties.