Flood assistance deadline looms for 33 Missouri counties

ST. LOUIS -- Time is running out for survivors of Missouri's winter flooding to register for federal assistance.

The deadline is Monday for residents of 33 counties.

FEMA is seeking applications for disaster grants that will help pay for home repairs, temporary rental assistance and other needs stemming from the flooding in eastern and southern Missouri that followed three days of heavy rain in December. The worst of the flooding was along the Meramec River in suburban St. Louis and the Mississippi River from the St. Louis area to the south.

FEMA says more than $75 million already has been approved. For more, go to disasterassistance.gov.