Victims of the floods and windstorms of November and December 1995 and the floods of 1996 must register by the close of business on April 11, 1996. Federal Coordinating Officer Bob Freitag and State Coordinating Officer Ed Carlson are encouraging everyone to tell their relatives, friends, neighbors and others who have damage and not yet made application for disaster assistance to register for aid. There also have been reports of individuals and families who have flood insurance and thought they were covered for structure and contents, but found they were only covered for structure.
Registration is as easy as picking up a telephone.
The application deadline is set at 60 days after the President declares a disaster. The February floods disaster declared by President Clinton on Feb. 9 includes 24 counties and the Yakama Indian Nation. There are 19 counties included in the disaster declared by President Clinton on Jan. 3 as the result of the floods and windstorms from Nov. 7 to Dec. 18, 1995. The deadline for this earlier declaration was extended to April 11. An information Helpline is also in operation to answer disaster victims' questions about the assistance programs.