Nearly 5,500 applications for federal assistance from across the Rio Grande Valley have been turned in to FEMA as of Thursday.

FEMA began accepting the applications following severe flooding across the area in March 2025. The agency currently has seven locations open in the Valley to help people apply for assistance.

Some locations have seen over 800 people show up since the centers opened last week.

Others, such as the Las Palmas community Center in McAllen, has only seen a turnout of 45 people as of Thursday.

According to FEMA, a combined 2,266 people have applied at the recovery centers.

FEMA has already approved $23 million in funding.

FEMA wants to remind people that they can apply for federal assistance at any disaster recovery center in the Valley, and they don't have to apply

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