FEMA aid approved after Hill Country flooding

Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that the federal government approved Texas's appeal for Federal Emergency Management Agency individual assistance programs, which is funding following the severe flash flooding that impacted many areas here in Texas in July. Fox 7 meteorologist Kerry Burgess was in Fredericksburg today to find out what hill country residents impacted by this year's flooding need to do to receive additional assistance. Gillespie County is one of 20 hill country counties that are now eligible for FEMA flood relief individually from this July's flood event in the Texas Hill Country. We had the opportunity to talk with Ashley Morris, she's the emergency management coordinator for Fredericksburg and Gillespie County and she talked about how this will affect those who need to apply for FEMA aid. I definitely recommend that they go onto the FEMA website. You can take a look at our social media at Fredericksburg Gillespie County Emergency Management and take a look at the disaster assistance link or you can just go to FEMA's website go through the process and submit but that will allow residents to also get one-on-one FaceTime information and assistance from FEMA directly for those funds. And for those in Gillespie County in the Hill Country that want to apply for assistance from FEMA, you need to log on to their website at disasterassistance.gov. There's also a toll-free number for you to call. That is 1-800-621-3362. Reporting in Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, I'm FOX 7 meteorologist Kerry Burgess.