Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Declared for West Virginia on May 22, 2024, covering 15 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boone County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Brooke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cabell County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Hancock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kanawha County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Lincoln County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Marshall County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Nicholas County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Ohio County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Preston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Putnam County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Tyler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wayne County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Wetzel County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 22, 2024 |
More from West Virginia: every FEMA declaration in West Virginia.