Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides
Declared for Mississippi on Apr 23, 2020, covering 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Attala County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Carroll County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Claiborne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Copiah County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grenada County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hinds County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Holmes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Issaquena County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Leflore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sharkey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Warren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wilkinson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Yazoo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Mississippi: every FEMA declaration in Mississippi.