the close call for, Ian. That’s a warning for anyone to the beach. And News starts right now
off the top of six tonight.
Relief is on the way for
thousands of homeowners and
businesses affected by this
month’s floods. President has
approved a disaster declaration
for Broward County and that
means millions of dollars in
federal money headed their way.
We have live team coverage for.
You live and what a homeowner
knows what to do. You have a
claim. But we begin with our
D.C. bureau chief, Ben Kennedy.
Ben Well Calvin, a goal. This is
no doubt good news for South
Florida. It will be a case by
case basis. Some it could mean
hundreds of dollars. Other South
winds. It all depends on the
project. President Joe Biden at
the White house Friday. It’s
there. He approved Florida’s
master declaration ordering
federal aid to broward county.
The assistance can include
grants for temporary housing and
home repairs, low cost loans
cover uninsured property losses
and other programs to help
individuals and business owners
recover the effects of the
disaster. A disaster that left
areas underwater in south
Florida after record rains
earlier this month.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman
Schultz thanked the commander in
chief. His rapid response.
Representative Jared Moskowitz
tweeted, the funds will the
necessary resources to address
the catastrophic flooding.
Broward County. The federal help
was requested by Governor Ron
DeSantis, followed by face to
face talks with Fort
Lauderdale’s Mayor Dean Trent
Tillis, who visited the nation’s
capitol Thursday to meet with
White House officials and. Even
state lawmakers telling ten that
we can’t wait. These folks are
hurting and these folks need and
I think it’s incumbent the city
that we step and try to try to
be there for our people. The
mayor now plans to propose the
city give families hardest hit
by the storm thousand dollars.
FEMA around 900 homes in the
Fort Lauderdale area in, bad
shape. Those are the households
that would be eligible for
financial assistance. What kind
of impact can $5,000 housing? A
lot. It gets people they can buy
new furniture. They can have the
walls replaced. They can they
it’s whatever. However, they can
apply that money in everybody
make that decision on their own
. So it appears mayor’s visit to
right here in D.C. off. As for
the $5,000 per household it will
be talked about at their next
meeting. Reporting live, the
white house ben Kennedy Local
ten news. Okay. Thanks lot to
Ben and relief can’t come enough
for families still working to
clean up the mess left behind by
the flooding catastrophe. A
Local Tanzanian by the horn
continues our team coverage now
from Fort Lauderdale Leon. And
going through the Edgewood
neighborhood this afternoon,
it’s clear the need is there.
Work is under way at so many
homes just trying to get things
back to normal. It’s damaged
stuff that’s probably going to
be blowing up, getting many of
George Bush Tino’s belong are
still outside his flood damaged
home. We lost a vehicle and we
at least 22 inches of water
inside. The house. He and so
many others in Fort Lauderdale
are still coping with the
aftermath. Weeks later, I’ve
been just trying to figure out a
way, you know, try to get some
the mold out and everything.
Folks with the Christian
humanitarian organization
Samaritan’s Purse are hard at
work. Eric Fulton’s house. I’ve
had some mitigation companies
come out but they were they were
going to try to. They were
trying to anywhere from like
30,030 $5,000. We visited the
home Eric’s neighbor, Jenny
Simms, ten days ago. You know,
we’re real people. We don’t have
a house. With her home unlivable
. She’s escaped to Texas for the
time being. So pretty chaotic.
Staying in and out hotels, going
back and forth to the house,
trying to deal with the smell
that was in there. But some much
needed money soon be on the way.
Now That the federal disaster
declaration been approved. And
while some are optimistic they
will help a great deal. We lost
four lives and grateful for the
push. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean
Trent and the Advocate for stood
up for us when we couldn’t go
there and do it for ourselves.
So it’s great. Others are still
skeptical. I mean, it’s a good
but you have to make sure you it
properly or you’re not going to
get you’re going to get a cent.
So money is available right now
. Get it? You can do so in a
couple of ways first you can
call 861 FEMA. You can also the
FEMA app or. You can visit a
link that we have up right now
on our Web site, local ten .com.
For now reporting in Fort
Lauderdale and motor home. Local