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Homeowners and renters in Buncombe, Haywood and Transylvania counties who had uninsured losses from Tropical Storm Fred may be eligible for federal disaster assistance from FEMA. FEMA has programs that may provide financial help with temporary housing expenses, basic home repairs and other essential disaster-related needs. To date, FEMA has approved more than $1.38 million in grants for individuals and households. If you haven’t already done so, contact your insurance company and file a claim for the disaster-caused damage. Be sure to take photographs or video of the damage and keep all receipts for repair work. Register with FEMA at www.disasterassistance.gov, call 800.621.3362, or use the FEMA app for smartphones. If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service. Lines are open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. local time, seven days a week. The
deadline to register is Nov. 8, 2021. After you apply for federal disaster assistance, it is important that FEMA be able to contact you. Be aware that phone calls from FEMA may appear to come from unidentified numbers and make sure that FEMA has your current contact information. FEMA may call to obtain more information for your application or to schedule an inspection of the damaged home. Applicants for FEMA assistance will receive a letter from FEMA by mail or email. It is important to read it carefully because it will include the amount of any assistance FEMA may provide to you and information on the appropriate use of disaster assistance funds. You may need to submit additional information for FEMA to continue to process your application. Examples of missing documentation may include proof of insurance coverage, settlement of insurance claims, proof of identity, proof of occupancy, proof of ownership, or proof that the damaged property was your primary residence at the time of the disaster. If you have questions about the letter, you can get answers by going online to www.disasterassistance.gov or calling the FEMA Helpline at 800.621.3362.
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September 22-28, 2021
BY CORY VAILLANCOURT local officials over the lengthy wait. Tillis POLITICS E DITOR didn’t seem willing to dwell on the delay. lmost exactly one month after extreme “I think you could argue that maybe we flooding on the Pigeon River killed six, could have done it a week sooner, but in displaced hundreds and dropped mud order to make sure that we were going to and debris throughout downtown Canton, get the disaster declaration, which is never U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis returned to check in guaranteed — we’ve had some more events on the progress being made as cleanup where we didn’t — it was important to do operations continue. the homework and then run it through the “We’re out here to let [people] know we process that requires FEMA,” said Tillis. haven’t forgot [them],” Tillis told The “But the key now is it’s here and we’ve got Smoky Mountain News on Sept. 16. “I was telling people when you’re in the west, about a week after a flood event in the east you think it’s done. And when you’re in the east, and you think about a flood event up here, you think within a matter of days it’s done, but this is a months-long process that we’ll be going through. We’ll be with them every step of the way.” Tillis’ first visit came on Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers (left) talks with Aug. 19, when he joined Sen. Thom Tillis in Canton on Sept. 16. Cory Vaillancourt photo Canton’s Mayor Zeb Smathers at a press conference on the sidewalk in front of town hall. Tillis later to get it moving to individuals and the pubtoured the destruction in Cruso, and said he lic entities that can benefit from it.” recognizes the difference between his first Smathers praised Tillis and his team, visit and his second. particularly their assistance through the dis“I see a lot of resilience. I was seeing aster declaration process, and said that he three to four inches of mud down at the expects to see Sen. Tillis back in Canton brewery and in the town hall,” Tillis said. “I several more times as rebuilding progresses. mean, people have restored a lot, but we’ve “What means the most to me is that he’s got a lot more work to do, which is why I’m back, and much like Gov. Cooper, it’s not glad we’ve got the disaster declaration and like, ‘Hey we showed up and now you’ll the public and individual assistance moving never see us again,’” said Canton Mayor Zeb into the pipeline now.” Smathers. “It’s easy to make those visits in The federal disaster declaration wasn’t the days following but remaining part of the issued by President Joe Biden until 22 days conversation is important, and Sen. Tillis after the flooding, drawing criticism from has remained part of this conversation.”
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