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SIKESTON, Mo.  – The deadline to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance is Tuesday, August 26 for Scott County residents affected by the May 16 disaster.

If your home or personal property sustained damage not covered by insurance, FEMA may be able to provide money to help you pay for home repairs, a temporary place to live and essential personal property that was destroyed.

The fastest way to apply for Individual Assistance is at DisasterAssistance.gov. You may also apply by calling FEMA at 1-800-621-3362

If you still need additional assistance after August 26, help is still available at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling FEMA at 1-800-621-3362. Stay in touch with FEMA for additional financial assistance for home repairs and rent, as well as other needs not covered by insurance.

Helpful Tips: 

Read your letter from FEMA carefully.Provide contractor estimates for disaster-related repairs, including contractor contact information.To request assistance to help with rent, homeowners and renters need to contact FEMA and let them know.If you received rental assistance from FEMA and require further rental assistance while working toward your permanent housing plan, stay in touch with FEMA. Continued Temporary Housing Assistance (CTHA) may be available for those who qualify.When contacting FEMA, provide your nine-digit FEMA registration ID number.Keep receipts for disaster-related purchases (items to make repairs to home, hotel receipts, etc.).Contact FEMA if your current housing situation, phone number, or mailing address have changed. 

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Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 21:22 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 4 minutes ago, a 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The tremor was recorded late at night on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025, at 11:17 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 2.8 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 2.8.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Polkowice (pop. 21,600) located 7 km from the epicenter, Lubin (pop. 77,500) 8 km away, and Chocianow (pop. 8,200) 19 km away. In Glogow (pop. 67,300, 22 km away), Legnica (pop. 106,000, 29 km away), Zlotoryja (pop. 15,600, 42 km away), Jawor (pop. 23,900, 47 km away), Boleslawiec (pop. 40,700, 47 km away), and Nowa Sol (pop. 40,400, 48 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

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Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 21:00 1755637204 | BY: SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS

Map of today’s active volcanoes

Etna (Sicily, Italy): The first Sentinel-2 satellite imagery (19 August) of the ongoing effusive eruption at Etna revealed the active new vents at the southern base of the SE crater from which the lava flow has been emerging towards the south.Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka): The eruption at the volcano continues.
On 14 August, a spectacular ash plume was detected rising to an estimated 8 km altitude, releasing dense ash emissions. The other day, a weak ashfall was monitored in the Klyuchi village.
… [read more]Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTED AT 20250819/0919Z FL060 EXTD NW OBS VA DTG:19/0910ZIbu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 7000 ft (2100 m) altitude or flight

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