WHEELING — The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s physical presence in Ohio County is gone. FEMA packed up from its Disaster Recovery Center at the Triadelphia Community Center on Sept. 19. The deadline to apply for individual disaster recovery also passed on Sept. 22.

Yet FEMA’s work for Ohio County flood victims is ongoing. The process to provide aid has just begun, and there are now opportunities for government agencies to receive aid — as well as opportunities for individual aid recipients to get more.

According to FEMA Assistant External Affairs Officer Philip Maramba, the next step for individual applicants is hearing from the agency’s enhanced applicant services. FEMA representatives will call applicants to ask them how the process is going for them. If everything is smooth, gr

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