Nearly 200,000 people in the flood zone of Hurricane Harvey are asking for government assistance through the registry and that number is expected to climb in the coming days, a top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday.

Alex Amparo, FEMA’s assistant administrator of the recovery, said 195,000 people are asking for assistance and that the agency has handed out $35 million in financial assistance to those who have registered.

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