SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES

DR-4362-AL affected Etowah County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Severe Storm

DR-4362-AL

Declared

Apr 26, 2018

Public assistance

$947K

Project obligations

Registrations

190

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$650K

Emergency Protective Measures$134K

Roads and Bridges$56K

Direct Administrative Costs$45K

Buildings and Equipment$42K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$13K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$6K

Total PA obligated$947K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$93K

Renter-approved dollars$9K

Intake IHP dollars$204K

Validated phase 2 dollars$204K

Tracked registrations190

About this declaration

What DR-4362-AL means

DR-4362-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Etowah County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Mar 19, 2018 through Mar 20, 2018. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as severe storm.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Etowah County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.