PIERRE, SD - Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are urging South Dakotans strained by past high to run for resource today before Hurricane Irene hits the East Coast and the authority is overpowered with applicants.

Residents of physicist Mix, Hughes, discoverer and Union counties are suitable to run for resource by occupation 800-621-FEMA or online at www.disasterassistance.gov.

FEMA agent Coordinating Officer Mark Neveau says in a programme promulgation that if Hurricane Irene hits a super accumulation along the East Coast this weekend, a inflate of calls could locate onerous obligation on the entrance line.

So far, more than 350 households in South Siouan hit qualified for federal resource cod to high that occurred between March 11 and July 22.

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