Get the Facts: What to know about the upcoming FEMA deadline for Nebraska tornado survivors

THIS EVENING. ROB AND JULIE. THANK YOU. BILL. WELL, TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR NEBRASKA. SURVIVORS OF THE APRIL TORNADOES TO GET FEDERAL HELP. FEMA SAYS APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WILL CLOSE JULY 15TH, BUT THERE IS STILL CONFUSION ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S QUANECIA FRASER GETS THE FACTS FOR US AND JOINS US LIVE. QUANECIA. SURVIVORS BACK FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES, BUT FEMA SAYS EVEN IF YOU DON’T HEAR ANYTHING FROM INSURANCE BY THE DEADLINE, YOU SHOULD STILL APPLY AND CAN STILL GET HELP. THE DAMAGE TO BOBBY KUHNS DAUGHTERS ELKHORN HOME ISN’T AS NOTICEABLE AS SOME OF HER NEIGHBORS. HER HOME WAS ON THE OUTER BAND OF THAT STORM, SO SHE HERSELF DIDN’T SUSTAIN NEARLY AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME OF HER NEIGHBORS DID. BUT SHE WAS STILL HEAVILY IMPACTED WITH THE ROOF AND SIDING AND ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN HER HOME, AND THEN ENDED UP WITH A SECONDARY WATER CATASTROPHE FROM THE BROKEN WATER LINE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME. KUHNS SAYS HER DAUGHTER, BROOKE, WAS IN CALIFORNIA WHEN THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. WE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE GROUND AND WERE THE FIRST ONES ON THE PROPERTY, SHE SAYS. HER DAUGHTER’S INSURANCE PROVIDER IS COVERING SOME OF THE DAMAGE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. THERE’S STILL A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND KIND OF DETERMINING WHAT THEY WILL COVER AND WHAT THEY WON’T COVER. BUT FEMA SAYS SURVIVORS LIKE KUHNS DAUGHTER SHOULD DEFINITELY APPLY. WE JUST NEED EVERYONE TO BE IN THE SYSTEM. AT LEAST, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE JULY 15TH DEADLINE. YOU KNOW, I THINK AN EXTENSION WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PROBABLY HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE STILL WAITING ON INSURANCE AND BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN WITH INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE UP TO TWO YEARS TO KEEP ADDING THINGS ON TO THOSE CLAIMS. AS FOR THE TIMING OF THE DEADLINE, FEMA SPOKESWOMAN TIANA SUBER SAYS THAT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE STATE LETS FEMA KNOW IF MORE PEOPLE NEED TIME TO REGISTER. THE GOOD THING ABOUT REGISTERING WITH US, APPLYING WITH US IS THAT EVEN AFTER THE DEADLINE, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HELP, EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD BACK FROM INSURANCE BY JULY 15TH, SUBER SAYS. APPLY ANYWAY. YOU’LL GET AN AUTOMATIC LETTER SAYING YOU’RE NOT APPROVED, BUT THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST WAITING ON YOUR INSURANCE CLAIM. THE QUICKEST WAY TO APPLY FOR FUNDS RIGHT NOW IS BY GOING TO DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO ANY DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER STILL OPEN, LIKE