FEMA: Mainers should apply for assitance by May 20 [Video]

MAINE, Maine — Mainers were still dealing with downed limbs from last week’s nor’easter on Friday—a spring event that surprised many after multiple storms tore through Maine this past winter.

FEMA reminded residents that time was running out to file for assistance with debris from January’s storms federally declared a disaster.

The storms in question happened between January 9-13. President Joe Biden officially declared the storms a disaster on March 21, meaning a 60-day application window closes on May 20. 

FEMA spokesperson Deanna Frazier said the agency can’t help with tree limbs that are simply down in someone’s yard, but if they are a safety risk, landowners might be able to get federal relief.

“Let’s say that you have a private road that goes to your property, but it also goes to some other properties and you …