Topics Related to Hurricane Florence

Community Mitigation Resiliency Workshops

Area residents can get tips and advice on how to make their homes more resistant to flood damage at community mitigation resiliency workshops.

FEMA flood mitigation specialists will be available to answer questions about home repair and resiliency, making disaster plans, the importance of flood insurance and the opportunity for attendees to locate their properties on the flood plain map.

Mitigation is an effort to reduce the loss of life and property damage by lessening the impact of disaster. The workshops will be held at the following locations and dates:

Understand the Process for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance

If you are a Hurricane Florence survivor who needs to extend temporary housing assistance from FEMA, it’s important you provide FEMA with the proper documents.

If you are eligible for an extension, you may use continued temporary housing assistance to pay for a place to live, such as a house, apartment, hotel or recreational vehicle. The assistance covers rent, security deposit and essential utilities, like electricity and water.

FEMA Specialists to Offer Mitigation Tips at Walmart Supercenter in Lumberton

Disaster survivors can get tips and advice on how to rebuild stronger against future storm damage at the Walmart Supercenter in Lumberton Jan. 2 through Jan. 18, 2019.

FEMA flood mitigation specialists can answer questions about home repair, making disaster plans, putting together supply kits and the importance of flood insurance.

Mitigation is the effort to reduce the loss of life and property damage by lessening the impact of future disasters. The mitigation specialists will be available at:

Registration Deadline Passes but FEMA is Still Here to Help North Carolina Survivors of Hurricane Florence

The deadline for registering with FEMA has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving. FEMA continues working with North Carolina Emergency Management to help survivors and communities recover.If you have registered for assistance, FEMA encourages you to keep in touch to track your case or to notify the agency of changes to your mailing or email addresses or phone numbers, and to report insurance settlements or additional damage you may have discovered since your home inspection. 

Hurricane Florence SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available in NC Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations located in North Carolina as a result of extensive flooding and wind caused by Hurricane Florence that occurred from Sept. 14 through Nov. 21, 2018. 

ReBuild NC to Host Additional Outreach Events this Winter to assist Hurricane Matthew Impacted Homeowners

The ReBuild North Carolina Program has announced additional dates of outreach events, occurring over the coming months, to assist homeowners who sustained damage from Hurricane Matthew complete their program application for recovery aid.

Apply for Hurricane Florence Recovery Help By December 19 Deadline, Gov. Cooper Urges

North Carolinians who suffered damage from Hurricane Florence have until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19 to register for federal disaster assistance. Governor Cooper today urged storm survivors who haven’t yet registered for recovery help to apply today with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

Disaster Recovery Center in New Hanover County to Close, Help Remains Available

The New Hanover County disaster recovery center in Wilmington will close permanently at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20. However, help is just a phone call or a mouse click away.
The New Hanover center is located at:


Independence Mall
Old Sears Store
3500 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday
Closing permanently 5 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018

Wednesday is the Final Day to Register for Federal Disaster Assistance

North Carolina survivors of Hurricane Florence have until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 to register for assistance from FEMA or apply for a low-interest loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Seven More Counties Now Able to Provide Temporary Jobs for Hurricane Florence Recovery

Seven additional counties are now eligible to participate in the temporary employment program that puts North Carolinians to work on recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Florence, N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced today. To date, 51 counties have been declared eligible for the program. 

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded an $18.5 million Disaster Dislocated Worker Grant to help the state with Hurricane Florence response in late September. The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Division of Workforce Solutions requested the grant.