Flooding
Declared for Texas on Jul 18, 2026, covering 33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atascosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bandera County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bexar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Blanco County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brewster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Comal County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crockett County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dimmit County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Duval County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Edwards County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Frio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gillespie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jim Wells County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kendall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kerr County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kimble County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kinney County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| La Salle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Live Oak County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mason County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Maverick County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Medina County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Menard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pecos County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Real County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Schleicher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sutton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Terrell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Uvalde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Val Verde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Webb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wilson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Zavala County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
More from Texas: every FEMA declaration in Texas.