CARTERET COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER IN NEWPORT TO CLOSE [https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/carteret-county-disaster-recovery-center-newport-close] Release Date: October 29, 2018 RALEIGH, N.C. – The disaster recovery center in Newport, Carteret County, will close permanently at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. The recovery center in Beaufort remains open. The center that is closing is located at:   Newport Town Hall Parking Lot 200 Howard Blvd. Newport, N.C. 28570 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, Nov. 2 Closing Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m.   The center in Beaufort, Carteret County, remains open. It is located at: Board of Elections 1702 Live Oak St. Beaufort, N.C. 28516 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday   Individuals and businesses in counties included in the North Carolina federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Florence may still 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 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] English or Spanish [https://www.fema.gov/es/aplicacion]. * Downloading the ReadyNC app [https://readync.org/EN/DOWNLOADAPP.html]. * Visiting any of the recovery centers that remain open. 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://www.fema.gov/disaster-recovery-centers]. Center hours and operations are adjusted based on visitor demand. The centers are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time, Monday through Saturday, until further notice. All are closed Sundays. If you have questions about a U.S. Small Business Administration low-interest disaster loan, you may contact 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. [http://www.sba.gov/disaster]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.   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.