Federal and state disaster officials will be at the Tallahatchie County Safe Room in Charleston May 11-16 to serve local victims of the late January ice storm.
The Safe Room, located at 185 S. Market St., will be open to the public from Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and on Saturday, May 16, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
At the site, residents can receive in-person Federal Emergency Management Agency registration, assistance information and referrals to recovery resources.
In-person visitation is not necessary to apply for FEMA assistance. Individuals can apply for assistance by registering online at www.disasterassistance.gov, by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or by using the FEMA app. Anyone who uses a relay service, such as a video relay service, captioned telephone service or others, is asked to provide FEMA with the number for that service.
Federal funding is available to affected individuals in Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington, Yalobusha and Yazoo counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the disaster's effects.
The federal government's official disaster designation for the Jan. 23-27 severe winter storm is DR-4899-MS.
