MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Disaster recovery centers have opened in five Alabama counties declared disaster areas.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the centers operated by FEMA and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency are at the Elberta Town Hall and Fairhope Civic Center in Baldwin County, the Sardis City Hall in Etowah County, the Maurice West Community Center and the Kimberly Senior Center in Jefferson County, the Smith's Station Government Center in Lee County, and the Ripley Woodmen of the World Hall in Athens in Limestone County.
The centers are open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The centers are helping people who were victims of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that hit Alabama in late April and early May.