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By Delivrine Registre - bio | email

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Victims of spring flooding now have less than a month to apply for federal aid. So far more than $5-million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help Georgians affected by severe weather from March 28th through April 13th.

About 1500 people have registered for federal aid so far. Nearly 900 of them applied for help from one of the GEMA and FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers in 23 counties.

Anyone who still needs to apply can call the FEMA help line at 1-800-621-FEMA(3321). You can also click here to apply online. The deadline to apply for federal aid is June 22nd.

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