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Disaster detail

TROPICAL STORM HELENE

DR-4827-NC affected Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Tropical Storm
DR-4827-NC
Declared
Sep 28, 2024
DR
Public assistance
$366K
Project obligations
Registrations
1,715
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$226K
Emergency Protective Measures$133K
Management Costs$8K
Total PA obligated$366K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$402K
Renter-approved dollars$524K
Intake IHP dollars$1.9M
Validated phase 2 dollars$1.9M
Tracked registrations1,715
About this declaration

What DR-4827-NC means

DR-4827-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Cabarrus County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 25, 2024 through Dec 18, 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 Cabarrus County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.