News and Media: Disaster 4738

More than $13 million in federal grants and loans has been disbursed to homeowners, renters and businesses in Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties since President Joe Biden declared Hurricane Idalia a major disaster in South Georgia on Sept. 7, 2023.

Personnel from FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) program are no longer visiting Georgia Hurricane Idalia survivors at their homes to check their well-being or to help them apply for federal disaster assistance. This is because door-to-door visits have ended in Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties.

The Nov. 6 deadline for applying to FEMA for Hurricane Idalia federal disaster assistance has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving Georgia. FEMA will continue working with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to help survivors and communities continue recovering from the August 30 hurricane.

Evidence of cleanup and recovery is beginning to show in portions of southern Georgia hit by Hurricane Idalia on Aug. 30. Since President Biden signed the official disaster declaration on Sept. 7, officials and responders in Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties have been working tirelessly to restore the land, buildings and people to their pre-hurricane conditions.

Today, Nov. 6, 2023, is the last day for Georgia homeowners and renters who suffered uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from Hurricane Idalia in Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties to apply for FEMA assistance.