KOUNTZE, Texas — As Southeast Texans continue to clean up and assess damages from a line of severe storms that blew through the region Saturday night, officials are asking them to take a moment to report any and all damage to their property, homes and businesses.
Officials in Beaumont and Hardin County have specifically put out the call for self-reporting damages but those in any area can rand should report damage to the survey.
By taking the survey to report damage residents and business owners can help city and county governments be able to ask for and hopefully receive more resources and volunteers for the their areas.
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Home and business owners will also be able to request assistance from volunteer organizations.
Even if you don't need assistance, or have insurance, officials ask that you report your damages so they will know about them according to Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel.
The survey can also alert counties to those that are still in immediate need of assistance with things such as needing a tarp on their of roof or removing a tree from their roof or one that is blocking their driveway says McDaniel.
McDaniel says he currently knows of at least four people in Hardin County they are trying to get help to now.
The survey makes it possible for a county to prove to the state that they have enough damage to qualify for assistance McDaniel told 12News,
While McDaniel does not think there will be enough damage in the area to qualify for FEMA assistance he believes the region may qualify for SBA disaster loans.
That is if enough people report their damages.
"It's good to see a lot of neighbors helping neighbors," McDaniel said noting that he saw just that happening in his county after the storm.
When asked, McDaniel agreed that everyone reporting their damages is another way for neighbors to help each other out after the storm.
Wind gusts up to 70 mph were recorded in Beaumont and Lumberton.
The storm left street flooding and wind damage all over the area with downed trees and powerlines in both counties.
There were several reports of trees on and in homes.
The storm also left thousands without power with, at one point, about 34,000 Entergy customers in Southeast Texas losing power.
The majority of the outages were in hardest hit Jefferson and Hardin County.
By Monday afternoon about 7,600 were still without power.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.