DON'T DELAY, ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT TO APPLY FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE

CHICAGO, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training issued the following news release:

Cook County homeowners and renters who were affected by the Sept. 17-18 severe storms and flooding have just three days left to apply for FEMA assistance. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 9 by 11:59 p.m. More than $45 million has already been approved to help survivors recover.

Friday, Feb. 9 is also the last day to visit a Disaster Recovery Center. All centers will close permanently at 5 p.m.

Apply one of four ways:

Visit DisasterAssistance.gov.

Use the FEMA mobile app.

Call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362. Multilingual operators are available. If you use video relay service, captioned telephone serv...