* Benton, Hickman, Houston, Lewis, Montgomery, Perry, Trousdale and Williamson counties are added to disaster declaration.
* Homeowners, renters, and businesses in those counties can get help to recover from Feb. 5-6 tornadoes as well as those in th original five counties: Macon, Madison, Hardin, Shelby and Sumner.
*The Disaster Recovery Center at 1200 Russell Dr. ( the armoury at the Macon County fairgrounds ) remains open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. until February 25.
The hours will change to 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sundays the center will be closed.
*Individuals can register:
- online at www.fema.gov
- by calling (800) 621-FEMA (3362)
- hearing or speech impaired TTY (800) 462-7585
-FEMA operators available at both toll-free 7 a.m. to midnight CST seven days a week, until further notice.
*FEMA's Individual Assistance program can help eligible applicants with: temporary housing assistance; uninsured personal property; medical, dental, and funeral expenses caused by the disaster; and other serious un met needs.
*Low interest disaster loans from SBA are available to homeowners, renters, and businesses of all sizes.
*Registrants getting an SBA loan application must complete and return it to be considered for some kinds of help. Information in the application allows FEMA and SBA to determine the type of assistance an applicant may recieve, bur applicants are not required to take out an SBA loan.
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