Hurricane Ian update from Lee County and FEMA
Lee County Emergency Management partners were briefed on Thursday on Federal Emergency Management Agency statistics that illustrate the recovery effort here.
Residents impacted by Hurricane Ian who have not yet registered with FEMA are asked to go to www.DisasterAssistance.gov. That is the first step in the process for receiving assistance with individual recovery.
The following information is from FEMA in Lee County:
Individual Assistance
Registrations at www.DisasterAssistance.gov:
Total: 163,141
Individual Household Program Assistance:
Already paid: $60.69 million
Approved: $165.26 million
Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA):
Eligible: 12,679
Currently Checked in: 282
Hotels utilized: 137
Inspections:
Required: 74,461. This reflects applicants identified as being eligible for inspection at registration:
Assigned: 41,138. This is the total number of inspections issued to an inspector. It includes initial inspections as well as re-inspections.
Completed: 31,528. This is the total number of inspections returned by the inspector to FEMA.
Pending: 9,610. These are inspections that have not been returned. Note: Only 12% of the inspections are pending at this time.
Disaster Survivor Assistance:
Survivors Registered: 3,620
Homes Visited 6,660
Survivor Interactions 11,232
Find more information at www.fema.gov or the site dedicated to Hurricane Ian in Florida at www.fema.gov/disaster/4673.
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