Antelope County Approved To Receive More FEMA Assistance

Antelope County has been approved to  receive individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the historic flood wreaked havoc last month.

Individuals in Antelope, Boyd, Burt, Cuming, Hall, Howard, Madison, Nance, Pierce, Platte, Saline and Stanton are now eligible to apply for housing assistance.

Households in 15 previously designated counties and the Santee Sioux Nation have already received some $13.7 million in federal assistance since President Donald Trump signed the federal disaster declaration on March 21.

Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday extended the state disaster declaration through May 15, which will keep the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency in place in assisting recovering counties.

Ricketts said FEMA and NEMA will continue their assessments to see if more counties should be included in the federal disaster declaration.

If you have FEMA questions, you may go online to DisasterAssistance.gov; call the disaster assistance helpline at 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585 (TTY); or visit a disaster recovery center. To find center locations and hours, go online to FEMA.gov/DRC or download the FEMA mobile app.