Federal officials have approved more than $17.7 million in payouts in connection with tornadoes that hit Florida last winter.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it also approved an additional $20.6 million in low-interest disaster loans, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The deadline to apply for assistance has passed. Some 2,700 applications were submitted.
The payouts included more than $3.8 million to families and individuals, primarily in Volusia and Lake counties, for losses, and more than $3.1 million in housing assistance, also largely to the same areas.
A string of tornadoes skipped across central Florida in the early morning of Feb. 2, killing 21 people and destroying hundreds of homes. A tornado on Christmas Day also caused damage.
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