Collection: DR4284 Georgia Hurricane Matthew

Residents sit with FEMA Representative to go over the assistance application and other available options.

Disaster Recovery Centers assists survivors with applying for disaster assistance.

Georgia Congressman Buddy Carter spoke with FEMA staff during his visit to Savannah, GA

Congressman Buddy Carter stops by the joint information center in Savannah, GA

Assisting survivors with housing, application process, and much more.

Disaster Recovery Center staff talk with Congressman Buddy Carter during his visit in Brunswick, GA

Congressman Buddy Carter talk with FEMA staff during his visit to Brunswick, GA

A road remains closed on Tybee Island as a tree rests precariously against other nearby trees. High winds from Hurricane Matthew resulted in hundreds of trees being destroyed or damaged.

Using safety lines, Elmer Cabrera of Greentree, operates a chainsaw to removed damaged and unsafe limbs from a damaged tree located on Tybee Island. The island, located east of Savannah, GA, suffered major tree damage as a result of Hurricane Mathew and its high winds.

A pontoon boat rests under a damaged cover on Tybee Island. High winds from Hurricane Mathew resulted in several homes being flooded and hundreds of trees being downed or damaged. It will be sometime before the damaged pontoon boat goes on “a three-hour tour.”

Mounds of debris reside in Jayee Park on Tybee Island, GA. Contractors with the City of Tybee Island have been operating six-days a week in an effort to remove the thousands of cubic yards of tree debris from the city’s streets and parks. Hurricane Mathew resulted in many of the city’s streets being closed due to all the downed trees and limbs across the roadways.

FEMA Corps member Mary Kate Mayer places a FEMA information sheet on the door of a resident of Tybee Island.  DSA teams walked door to door in an effort register survivors and to answer questions regarding how to register with FEMA.

A yard on Tybee Island, GA remains covered with tree debris. Crews on the island have been working six-days a week in a major effort to remove the thousands of cubic yards of tree debris.  The debris removal provides a challenge to the various contractors as many of the island’s streets are narrow and blocks traffic while the work is taking place.

House shown, located west of Savannah, GA, is one of the many houses that suffered major damage as a result of the high winds from Hurricane Mathew.

Atlanta, GA, USA--October 9, 2016--FEMA Region IV staff have a conference call with FEMA headquarters at the Operations Center to monitor the path of Hurricane Matthew to determine response activites. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Individual Assistance inspectors assess the damage of homes in wake of Hurricane Matthew.

Hurricane Matthew's strong winds knocked over trees leaving only stumps behind on this Georgia property.

FEMA staff are on the move to help survivors register for assistance.

Disaster Recovery Center staff are working to provide assistance to residents in Liberty County.

Tybee Island disaster recovery center will be open Nov.10-15.