Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Sulphur

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Disaster Recovery Center will open May 9 in Murray County to help Oklahomans affected by the April severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding continue their recovery.

Residents and businesses in Carter, Hughes, Love, Murray and Okmulgee counties can visit the center in Sulphur to apply for FEMA assistance, learn about available resources and get their questions answered in person. Recovery specialists from FEMA, the state of Oklahoma and the U.S. Small Business Administration will be available to meet with visitors– no appointment is needed.

The center will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at:

Murray County Extension Office

3490 Highway 7 West

Sulphur, OK 73086

(The Extension Office is the smaller building at this address.)

All centers are accessible to people with disabilities or access and functional needs, and are equipped with assistive technology. If you need a reasonable accommodation or sign language interpreter, please call 833-285-7448 (press 2 for Spanish).

To apply for FEMA assistance without visiting a center, go online to DisasterAssistance.gov, download the FEMA App or call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362. Calls are accepted from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service such as video relay service (VRS) or captioned telephone service, give FEMA your number for that service when you call.

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4776. Follow the FEMA Region 6 Twitter account at twitter.com/FEMARegion6 or on Facebook at facebook.com/FEMARegion6/.