Montgomery County tornado survivors put in most FEMA registrations

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had received 2,758 registrations for tornado damage assistance as of Thursday morning from a 10-county disaster area.

And a vast majority of those — 2,352, or about 85 percent — were submitted by Montgomery County survivors, according to FEMA.

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Already, about $1.5 million in assistance through FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program has been approved for victims. Roughly 90 percent of that has been disbursed, said FEMA spokesman Leo Skinner.

Most of the early funding is going toward rental assistance and home repair, he said.

By the end of Wednesday, 488 people had showed up in person to talk with FEMA representatives at one of the area’s three operational disaster recovery centers — the bulk visiting the center at Trotwood-Madison High School, Skinner said. Another center will open for four days in Miami County beginning today.

FEMA registrations for Memorial Day tornado damage

Montgomery County accounted for a vast majority of FEMA assistance registrations in the 10-county disaster federal disaster area as of Thursday morning.

County	Registrations
Montgomery	2,352
Greene	251
Mercer	48
Miami	37
Pickaway	22
Auglaize	14
Hocking	13
Muskinghum	13
Perry	5
Darke	3
Total	2,758

Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Disaster Declaration on June 18, opening up federal assistance for individuals and businesses after 21 tornadoes touched down in Ohio during the evening of May 27 and early the next morning.

Register with FEMA

Online: www.DisasterAssistance.gov

Mobile device: FEMA App

Phone: 800-621-3362 (including 711 or Video Relay). TTY users can call 800-462-7585. The toll-free numbers are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Multilingual operators are available.

Deadline to register: Aug. 19

Disaster recovery centers

Dayton

Dayton Children's Hospital Child Health Pavilion

1010 Valley St.

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily

Trotwood

Trotwood-Madison High School

4440 N. Union Road

7 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily

Beavercreek

Shaw Elementary School