The Social Security Administration has authorized the advance delivery of checks in the areas threatened by Hurricane Earl.

The goal of early delivery is to ensure beneficiaries receive the checks before Friday when the storm’s worst affects are expected to begin.

SSA will raise the limit on Third-Party Draft payments to facilitate immediate payment processing, where necessary.

Social Security checks will be delivered early to locations along the Atlantic seaboard in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and New York.

The Postal Service has identified the coastal areas that will receive early delivery, and Treasury will notify financial institutions in those areas.

Early check delivery began Wednesday and the remaining checks will be delivered Thursday.