Here’s how to apply for FEMA aid for April storms

Tennesseans impacted by tornadoes and flooding in early April can now access additional in-person FEMA disaster recovery help.

FEMA financial assistance may include money for home repairs or other uninsured, disaster-related needs. This can include childcare, vehicle or medical needs, as well as the replacement of personal property. Small businesses are also eligible for aid.

Other than the Fourth of July holiday, mobile help centers are open this week at:

• the Looby Branch Library at 2301 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., in Nashville;
• the Wilson County Fair Grounds at 945 E. Baddour Parkway in Lebanon; and
• Bogota Community Center at 78 Sandy Lane in Dyer County.

The centers will move to other locations in the coming weeks. These are in addition to centers at:

• Montgomery County Main Library, 350 Pageant Lane in Clarksville in Montgomery County;
• Safehaven Storm Shelter, 530 Madison Ave. W. in Grand Junction in Hardeman County;
• Latta Building, 205 W. Court Ave., in Selmer in McNairy County; and
• Obion County Library, 121 E. Reelfoot Ave., in Union City in Obion County.

Aid applications can also be filed online at DisasterAssistance.gov. or by calling 1-800-621-3362. The deadline is Aug. 19.

FEMA says these items are helpful when applying:

• a current phone number;
• address at the time of the disaster and the address where you are staying;
• Social Security Number;
• general list of damage and losses;
• if insured, the policy number or the agent or company name; and
• banking information.

FEMA statistics show a jump in aid since centers began opening last week. Across nine counties in Middle and West Tennessee there had been more than $1.6 million in aid approved to more than 170 people as of Tuesday.

Multiple tornadoes killed 10 people across Tennessee in the first week of April, and flooding prompted voluntary evacuations and impacted wastewater treatment plants.