An additional 1,555 registrations have been received for damages from Hurricane Dennis. A transportable DRC is also scheduled to open today in Chesapeake Beach and then will move to southern Calvert County tomorrow. As of close of business yesterday, registrations for federal assistance in Maryland totaled 453. Disaster Recovery Centers are scheduled to open today in Fairfield and Hartford counties. As of close of business yesterday, registrations for federal assistance in Connecticut totaled 315.
Conditions continue to improve with the full restoration of telephone and gas service.
One non-ARC shelter is open housing 76 people. Disaster Recovery Centers are scheduled to open in Bergen, Somerset and Passaic counties on October 1. As of close of business yesterday, registrations for federal assistance in New Jersey totaled 13,035. Public Assistance program briefings for local officials were held yesterday for Passaic, Morris, Essex, Middlesex, Union and Mercer counties. Additional briefings are scheduled to be conducted on October 5 and 6 for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hudson, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren counties.