Disaster Declaration for the State of Georgia

FEMA Notice Date: September 30th, 2024

On September 30, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared that federal disaster aid with individual assistance has been made available to counties in Georgia to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene on September 24, 2024, and continuing. On 10/1/2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to an additional 30 counties. On 10/3/2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to an additional 4 counties. On October 4th, 2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to an additional 8 counties. On October 9, 2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to 4 additional counties. On October 11, 2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to 2 additional counties. On October 16, 2024, FEMA granted individual assistance to 1 additional county. 

On November 4, 2024, FEMA gave notice that the incident period for this disaster is closed effective October 30, 2024. In addition, FEMA granted individual assistance to 2 additional counties. 

Impacted Counties FEMA Link FEMA Notice Date
Appling
Brooks
Coffee
Columbia
Jefferson
Liberty
Lowndes
Richmond
Pierce
Tattnall
Toombs
9/30/2024
Atkinson
Bacon
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bulloch
Burke
Candler
Chatham
Clinch
Colquitt
Cook
Echols
Emanuel
Evans
Glascock
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Jenkins
Johnson
Lanier
Laurens
Lincoln
McDuffie
Montgomery
Screven
Telfair
Treutlen
Ware
Washington
Wheeler
10/1/2024
Effingham
Elbert
Rabun
Tift
10/3/2024
Bryan
Butts
Camden
Charlton
Gylnn
Long
Newton
Wayne
10/4/2024
Dodge
Hancock
Thomas
Warren
10/9/2024
Brantley
Fulton
10/11/2024
Taliaferro
10/16/2024

If the subject property is in one of the designated counties above, please refer to OCMBC Disaster Policy for full requirements.

OCMBC will continue to monitor the impacted areas and we may add or remove counties on the list above as necessary.

The Disaster Policy, this memo and the list of current Disaster Declarations is maintained on the intranet Risk/Quality Control Disaster Notices site.

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