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DR-4756-WV · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Declared for West Virginia on Jan 30, 2024, covering 6 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 5 of them.

Jan 30, 2024declared
6areas designated
5open to household applications
$5.5Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodAug 28, 2023 – Aug 30, 2023DeclaredJan 30, 2024Apply byApr 1, 2024

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
Boone CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredApr 1, 2024
Calhoun CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredApr 1, 2024
Clay CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredApr 1, 2024
Harrison CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredApr 1, 2024
Kanawha CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredApr 1, 2024
Roane CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—