Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Declared for Washington on Dec 12, 2025, covering 17 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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chelan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clallam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Grays Harbor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| King County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kittitas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lewis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mason County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pierce County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Skagit County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Snohomish County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Thurston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wahkiakum County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Whatcom County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Yakima County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Samish (TDSA) | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
More from Washington: every FEMA declaration in Washington.