Key Messages
▪ To date, FEMA has approved more than $751 million in financial assistance for 695,932 Texas
households to help survivors of Hurricane Beryl in 22 counties recover.
▪ Homeowners and renters in Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris,
Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Orange, Polk, San
Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Walker, Waller, and Wharton counties can apply for FEMA assistance for
uninsured losses caused by Hurricane Beryl.
▪ You can apply for assistance in one of the following ways:
o Go online to DisasterAssistance.gov.
o Download the FEMA App for mobile devices.
o Call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. CT. Help is
available in most languages.
o Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) To find a center near you, go to fema.gov/drc.
Disaster Recovery Centers operate from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday, closed Sunday. Any
DRC can help with both Hurricane Beryl and the April 26 – June 5 storms and flooding. The best
times to call FEMA are early morning or early evening.
FEMA Continues Assistance to Texans Affected by Hurricane Beryl
FEMA specialists continue working in 22 counties impacted by Hurricane Beryl to help people apply
for assistance. As of Oct. 1, FEMA is operating 12 Disaster Recovery Centers with DRCs already
visited by 53,789 residents. More than 3,242 households and 8,819 people are currently staying
temporarily in 671 hotels at FEMA expense because they cannot return to their homes.
