Today is deadline to apply for N.D. disaster assistance

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People gather at the site where a double truck bombing tore through a Shiite minority community near northern city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. A series of blasts struck Baghdad Monday in a wave of predawn violence that killed at least 40 people, according to Iraqi officials. (AP Photo)

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BISMARCK — The clock is ticking for North Dakota homeowners and business owners who suffered damage from flooding and other severe spring weather.

Today is the deadline for applying for disaster aid.

A spokeswoman for the state Emergency Services Department, Cecily Fong, said more than 7,000 North Dakotans have registered.

Fong said individual payments to homeowners tops $7.5 million and low-interest Small Business Administration loans top $13 million.

FEMA also disbursed $13.7 million in public assistance to local government agencies.

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