Southern Illinois residents have one week until the Aug. 8 deadline to apply for federal disaster assistance to help recover from severe storms occurring April 19 and April 22 to May 2, and flooding from April 19 until June 14. Those wanting to apply should go online to www.disasterassistance.gov, use a web-enabled phone, m.fema.gov, or call 1-800-621-3362.
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