COLUMBUS COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER RELOCATES, WILL CLOSE
PERMANENTLY DEC. 5
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/columbus-county-disaster-recovery-center-relocates-will-close-permanently]


Release Date: 
November 29, 2018 

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Columbus County disaster recovery center in
Whiteville has moved. It will remain at the new location until it
closes permanently at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5.

The center is now located at:

The Econo Lodge

503 N. JK Powell Blvd.

Whiteville, N.C. 28472

Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Wednesday

Closing permanently 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5

 

Individuals and businesses in counties included in the North Carolina
federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Florence may still register
for assistance before the Dec. 13 deadline 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 in
Spanish [https://www.disasterassistance.gov/es].
	* Downloading the FEMA mobile app [https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app]
or the FEMA mobile app in 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. Starting Dec. 3 most
centers will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from
9 a.m.to 1 p.m., 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 or
800-877-8339 (TTY).  You may also  email
disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or visit SBA’s website at
sba.gov/disaster
[https://www.sba.gov/loans-grants/see-what-sba-offers/sba-loan-programs/disaster-loans].

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].
 
                                                                                   
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