Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Declared for West Virginia on May 1, 2007, covering 18 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Barbour County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Boone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cabell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gilmer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grant County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lewis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Logan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McDowell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mingo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pendleton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pocahontas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Putnam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Upshur County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wayne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Webster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wyoming County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from West Virginia: every FEMA declaration in West Virginia.