EM-3540-TX · Emergency declaration
Tropical Storms Marco and Laura
Declared for Texas on Aug 24, 2020, covering 62 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
Aug 24, 2020declared
62areas designated
0open to household applications
$55.1Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline
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 an emergency declaration is
An emergency declaration is narrower and usually comes fast, often before or during an event. It mostly pays for emergency work such as evacuations, shelters and debris clearance, and federal help under one is capped at $5 million unless the President finds that more is urgently needed and reports that to Congress. Help for individual households is rare under an emergency declaration.
Designated areas
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Angelina County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Aransas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bexar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bowie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brazoria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cameron County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Camp County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cass County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chambers County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dallas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ellis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fort Bend County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Galveston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gregg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Grimes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harrison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jasper County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kenedy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kleberg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Matagorda County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Morris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nacogdoches County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Newton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nueces County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Orange County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Panola County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Polk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Red River County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Refugio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rusk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sabine County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Augustine County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Jacinto County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Patricio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Shelby County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tarrant County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Titus County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Travis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Trinity County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tyler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Upshur County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Victoria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Walker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Waller County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wharton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Willacy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
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