FILE: Fields of corn covered by flooding waters of the Mississippi River (Courtesy: Robert Kaufmann/FEMA)

ALEXANDER COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — A Disaster Loan Outreach Center opens Thursday in East Cape Girardeau.

The center is one of just four opening statewide as a joint effort between the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the US Small Business Administration.

Victims of spring and summer flooding in Alexander, Pulaski, and Union Counties will be able to get help securing low-interest, long-term loans.

The center is located at Pit Stop Pizza and will be open until December 5, 2019.