The USDA has designated 13 Alabama counties as primary disaster areas, due to damage and losses caused by Hurricane Zeta.
The decision came following a phone call between the governor and President Trump.
Those who qualify automatically get an additional 40 percent of their monthly benefits loaded to their EBT cards.
“Following the power outages caused by Hurricane Zeta, electric companies across the State of Alabama have stepped up to see that no polling place is left...
As of Sunday night, 65,000 Alabama Power customers have not had power restored.
Alabama Power said 131,000 outages remain and that the utility provider expects to have service restored to 95 percent of affected customers by Tuesday.
Almost 500,000 Alabama Power customers were without power immediately following the storm, including 163,000 in Mobile County alone.
The state was still recovering from Hurricane Sally, which made landfall near Gulf Shores in September, and now it appears that Hurricane Zeta has left its...
Zeta currently has sustained winds of 85 mph. On its current course it will make landfall at Southeast Louisiana or the Mississippi Coast late this afternoon...
