RALEIGH, N.C. – Disaster survivors can get tips and advice on how to rebuild stronger against future storm damage at the Walmart Supercenter in Richlands Jan. 22 through Feb. 1.
FEMA 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:
Walmart Supercenter
349 Kinston Hwy.
Richlands, NC 28574
Tuesday, Jan. 22 through Friday, Feb. 1
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More mitigation events will be held at home improvement stores in disaster-affected North Carolina counties in the coming weeks.
For more information on North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Florence, visit ncdps.gov/Florence and FEMA.gov/Disaster/4393. Follow us on Twitter:
@NCEmergency and @FEMARegion4.
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