Press Releases

With federal flood insurance payments to North Carolinians for Hurricane Florence totaling over a half-billion dollars, officials are urging those who don’t have coverage to purchase it.

Disaster recovery centers in Wallace in Duplin County and Havelock in Craven County will soon close permanently. However, help is just a phone call or a mouse click away.

The Duplin County center is located at:

State/FEMA disaster recovery centers will change their hours of operation beginning Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The centers will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays. All centers are closed on Sundays.

Governor Roy Cooper has declared December 2 – 8, 2018 as Winter Weather Preparedness Week and is encouraging North Carolinians to plan and prepare now before potentially dangerous winter weather arrives. 

If you are a North Carolina homeowner, renter or business owner who sustained property damage or loss caused by Hurricane Florence you have two weeks left to register for federal disaster assistance.

The Pamlico County disaster recovery center in Grantsboro will close permanently at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. However, help is just a phone call or a mouse click away.

The Brunswick County disaster recovery center in Bolivia will close permanently at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. However, help is just a phone call or a mouse click away.

The Brunswick center is located at:

The Sampson County disaster recovery center in Clinton will close permanently at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. However, help is just a phone call or a mouse click away.

The Columbus County disaster recovery center in Whiteville has moved. It will remain at the new location until it closes permanently at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The center is now located at:

As the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend concluded on Sunday, November 25, state troopers were out in full force monitoring the roadways in an attempt to ensure safe travel.