FIVE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE DUE TO VOTING ACTIVITIES [https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250602/five-disaster-recovery-centers-temporarily-close-due-voting-activities] Release Date: Novembre 1, 2018 RALEIGH, N.C. – Five State/FEMA disaster recovery centers in North Carolina will close temporarily due to voting activities.   The affected recovery centers will close temporarily and re-open as follows:   County Address Closing Reopening Scotland County Parks and Recreation 1210 Turnpike Road Laurinburg, N.C. 28352 6 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 31 9 a.m. Monday Nov. 12 Hoke Raeford Civic Center 200 College Drive Raeford, N.C. 28376 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 3 9 a.m. Thursday Nov. 8 Pamlico Grantsboro Town Hall 10628 NC Hwy. 55 East Grantsboro N.C. 28529 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 3 2 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 7 Pender County Agricultural Auditorium 801 S. Walker St. Burgaw, N.C. 28425 6 p.m. Saturday Nov. 3 2 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 7 Carteret Board of Elections 1702 Live Oak St., Beaufort, N.C. 28516 6 p.m. Monday Nov. 5 9 a.m. Wednesday Nov. 7   Survivors can also get help online or by phone. Individuals and businesses in counties included in the federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Florence may register for assistance by: * Calling the disaster assistance helpline at 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585 (TTY) anytime from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. local time seven days a week until further notice. Multilingual operators are available. You can also update your contact information, ask questions about a letter from FEMA, get information about FEMA home inspections, or learn how to appeal a FEMA decision. * Going online to DisasterAssistance.gov [https://www.disasterassistance.gov/] or DisasterAssistance.gov/es [https://www.disasterassistance.gov/es] for Spanish * Downloading the FEMA mobile app [https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app] in English or Spanish [https://www.fema.gov/es/aplicacion]. * Downloading the ReadyNC app [https://readync.org/EN/DOWNLOADAPP.html]. * Visiting any disaster recovery center. To find center locations and current hours, download the FEMA mobile app [https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app], the ReadyNC app [https://readync.org/EN/DOWNLOADAPP.html], or visit FEMA.gov/DRC [https://egateway.fema.gov/ESF6/DRCLocator]. Center hours and operations are adjusted based on visitor demand.   Information on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s low-interest disaster loans is available at the SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center by calling 800-659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or visiting SBA’s website at sba.gov/disaster [https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance]. People who are deaf and hard-of-hearing may call 800-877-8339.   If you have unmet disaster-related needs, you may call the statewide referral service at 2-1-1 or 888-892-1162 (TTY), or text Florence to 898211.   The 34 North Carolina counties now designated for Individual Assistance are: Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Greene, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Moore, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Union, Wayne and Wilson.   For more information on North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Florence, visit ncdps.gov/Florence [https://www.ncdps.gov/Florence] and FEMA.gov/Disaster/4393 [https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4393]. Follow us on Twitter: @NCEmergency [https://twitter.com/NCEmergency] and @FEMARegion4 [https://twitter.com/femaregion4].   ###   FEMA’s mission: Helping people before, during and after disasters.