FEMA Emergency Management Declaration – Georgia Severe Winter Storm
FEMA Alert
January 24, 2026
FEMA has issued an Emergency Management Declaration for the state of Georgia to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe storm beginning January 22, 2026 and continuing. The following counties have been approved for assistance:
Public Assistance:
- Baldwin (County)
- Banks (County)
- Barrow (County)
- Bartow (County)
- Bibb (County)
- Bleckley (County)
- Bulloch (County)
- Burke (County)
- Butts (County)
- Candler (County)
- Carroll (County)
- Catoosa (County)
- Chattahoochee (County)
- Chattooga (County)
- Cherokee (County)
- Clarke (County)
- Clayton (County)
- Cobb (County)
- Columbia (County)
- Coweta (County)
- Crawford (County)
- Dade (County)
- Dawson (County)
- DeKalb (County)
- Dodge (County)
- Dooly (County)
- Douglas (County)
- Elbert (County)
- Emanuel (County)
- Evans (County)
- Fannin (County)
- Fayette (County)
- Floyd (County)
- Forsyth (County)
- Franklin (County)
- Fulton (County)
- Gilmer (County)
- Glascock (County)
- Gordon (County)
- Greene (County)
- Gwinnett (County)
- Habersham (County)
- Hall (County)
- Hancock (County)
- Haralson (County)
- Harris (County)
- Hart (County)
- Heard (County)
- Henry (County)
- Houston (County)
- Jackson (County)
- Jasper (County)
- Jefferson (County)
- Jenkins (County)
- Johnson (County)
- Jones (County)
- Lamar (County)
- Laurens (County)
- Lincoln (County)
- Lumpkin (County)
- Macon (County)
- Madison (County)
- Marion (County)
- McDuffie (County)
- Meriwether (County)
- Monroe (County)
- Montgomery (County)
- Morgan (County)
- Murray (County)
- Muscogee (County)
- Newton (County)
- Oconee (County)
- Oglethorpe (County)
- Paulding (County)
- Peach (County)
- Pickens (County)
- Pike (County)
- Polk (County)
- Pulaski (County)
- Putnam (County)
- Rabun (County)
- Richmond (County)
- Rockdale (County)
- Schley (County)
- Screven (County)
- Spalding (County)
- Stephens (County)
- Stewart (County)
- Sumter (County)
- Talbot (County)
- Taliaferro (County)
- Tattnall (County)
- Taylor (County)
- Telfair (County)
- Toombs (County)
- Towns (County)
- Treutlen (County)
- Troup (County)
- Twiggs (County)
- Union (County)
- Upson (County)
- Walker (County)
- Walton (County)
- Warren (County)
- Washington (County)
- Webster (County)
- Wheeler (County)
- White (County)
- Whitfield (County)
- Wilcox (County)
- Wilkes (County)
- Wilkinson (County)
Georgia Severe Winter Storm (EM-3642-GA)
President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Georgia
Additional Resources
FEMA’s web site
FEMA’s Disaster Declaration Process
Safeguard Properties Industry Alerts
VA’s Policy Regarding Natural Disasters