Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
Declared for Nebraska on Oct 22, 2025, covering 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Douglas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fillmore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lancaster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nemaha County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nuckolls County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Saline County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Saunders County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Seward County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Thayer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Webster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2025 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and FloodingDR-4887-MT · Major disaster | Montana | No |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and FloodingDR-4897-KS · Major disaster | Kansas | No |
More from Nebraska: every FEMA declaration in Nebraska.