Flooding in Jefferson County has forced the temporary closure of its Disaster Recovery Center, leaving residents to seek alternative ways to access FEMA services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why It Matters:<\/strong> With hazardous weather expected to persist through Wednesday, residents already grappling with disaster recovery are now faced with additional challenges. Access to vital services is essential for those rebuilding after emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf0a What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The center, located at National Guard Bid-EOC, 1841 Highway 24 West, Louisville, GA, closed due to dangerous flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Operations are expected to resume Wednesday, December 11, at noon, with regular hours 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u260e\ufe0f Need Assistance Now?<\/strong>: FEMA is offering alternative options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Call the FEMA Helpline: 800-621-3362.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Visit other Disaster Recovery Centers across the state. Locations and hours can be found using the FEMA DRC Locator or by texting \u201cDRC\u201d and your zip code to 43362.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flooding in Jefferson County has forced the temporary closure of its Disaster Recovery Center, leaving residents to seek alternative ways to access FEMA services. Why It Matters: With hazardous weather expected to persist through Wednesday, residents already grappling with disaster recovery are now faced with additional challenges. Access to vital services is essential for those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":212237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[10189,10022],"class_list":["post-212235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-fema","tag-flooding","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=212235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}