TROPICAL STORM DEBBY

DR-4821-GA affected Effingham County, Georgia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Tropical Storm

DR-4821-GA

Declared

Sep 24, 2024

Public assistance

$1.7M

Project obligations

Registrations

461

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$1.5M

Emergency Protective Measures$168K

Buildings and Equipment$38K

Debris Removal$6K

Management Costs$3K

Total PA obligated$1.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$324K

Renter-approved dollars$94K

Intake IHP dollars$836K

Validated phase 2 dollars$0

Tracked registrations461

About this declaration

What DR-4821-GA means

DR-4821-GA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Effingham County, Georgia, with an incident window starting Aug 4, 2024 through Aug 20, 2024. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as tropical storm.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Effingham County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.