EM-3618-AL · Emergency declaration
Hurricane Helene
Declared for Alabama on Sep 26, 2024, covering 67 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
Sep 26, 2024declared
67areas designated
0open to household applications
$54Kpublic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Baldwin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Barbour County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bibb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Blount County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bullock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Butler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chambers County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chilton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Choctaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clarke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cleburne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Coffee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Colbert County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Conecuh County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Coosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Covington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crenshaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cullman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dallas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| DeKalb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Elmore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Escambia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Etowah County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Geneva County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Greene County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Henry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lamar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lauderdale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lawrence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Limestone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lowndes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Macon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marengo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marshall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mobile County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Morgan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Perry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pickens County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pike County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Randolph County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Russell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Shelby County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| St. Clair County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sumter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Talladega County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tallapoosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tuscaloosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Walker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wilcox County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Winston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3616-GA · Emergency | Georgia | No |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3617-NC · Emergency | North Carolina | No |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3619-SC · Emergency | South Carolina | No |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneDR-4828-FL · Major disaster | Florida | Yesdeadline was Jan 7, 2025 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneDR-4829-SC · Major disaster | South Carolina | Yesdeadline was Jan 28, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneDR-4830-GA · Major disaster | Georgia | Yesdeadline was Feb 7, 2025 |
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