A joint FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management Disaster Recovery Center opens in Pasquotank County to help reach North Carolina residents who suffered losses and damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew. The center provides a place where you can get information about available state and federal disaster assistance and other disaster recovery information and referrals. The center is in Elizabeth City Monday, Nov.7, Tuesday, Nov. 8 and Wednesday, Nov. 9.
To reach North Carolina residents who suffered losses and damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew in Jones County, a joint FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management Disaster Recovery Center is open to provide a place where you can get information about available state and federal assistance and other recovery information. The center is in Trenton, Saturday, Nov.5, Monday, Nov.7 and Tuesday, Nov. 8.
North Carolina homeowners, renters and business owners in Anson, Carteret, Chatham, Northampton, Perquimans, Richmond and Scotland counties, adversely affected by Hurricane Matthew and its impact, may apply for federal disaster assistance.
The following FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Centers, with the exception of the Tyrrell center, will close Monday at 4 p.m. and remain closed through Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The Tyrrell center will be closed both Monday and Tuesday.
The centers will resume normal hours of operation Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Governor Pat McCrory’s request for federal disaster assistance was approved to help individuals and communities in seven additional counties recover from Hurricane Matthew. Individuals in Anson, Carteret, Chatham, Northampton, Perquimans, Richmond and Scotland counties are now able to apply for assistance.
If you’re a Hurricane Matthew survivor in North Carolina who registered with FEMA and you’ve been referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a low-interest disaster loan, you should complete and return the loan application as soon as possible.
Obtaining a low-interest disaster loan may be the solution to your recovery needs by providing you the necessary funds for home repair, rebuilding and property loss. Returning the completed application also may enable you to qualify for FEMA disaster recovery grants that do not have to be repaid.
To reach North Carolina residents who suffered losses and damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew in Dare County, FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) are moving throughout the county to provide more locations where you can get information about available state and federal assistance. The DRC will be in Kill Devil Hills, Tuesday, Nov. 8 through Thursday, Nov. 10.
Governor Pat McCrory’s request for federal direct temporary housing assistance has been approved to help people displaced from their homes in Columbus, Edgecombe, Robeson and Wayne counties following his meeting with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. The governor said the state hopes to add additional counties to the declaration in the coming days.
As a result of Governor Pat McCrory's actions and collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, fleets of gasoline tanker trucks from outside North Carolina have arrived and are making deliveries across the state beginning today.
“I am continuing to work with our emergency management team to closely monitor the situation in Alabama," said Governor McCrory. “I will continue to take every measure that is needed to minimize the impact of this disruption on North Carolina.”
North Carolina residents who suffered losses and damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew can now get information about available state and federal assistance at a Disaster Recovery Center in Pender County opening Thursday, Nov. 3.