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DR-1835-AL · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

Declared for Alabama on Apr 28, 2009, covering 21 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 3 of them.

Apr 28, 2009declared
21areas designated
3open to household applications
$17.5Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodMar 25, 2009 – Apr 3, 2009DeclaredApr 28, 2009Apply byJul 1, 2009Closed outJul 19, 2021

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.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Baldwin CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Bullock CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Butler CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Choctaw CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Clarke CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Coffee CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Covington CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 1, 2009
Crenshaw CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Dale CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Dallas CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
DeKalb CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Elmore CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Geneva CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 1, 2009
Henry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Houston CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 1, 2009
Lamar CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Marengo CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Perry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Russell CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Washington CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Wilcox CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—

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