FEMA Emergency Management Declaration – Mississippi Severe Winter Storm
FEMA Alert
January 24, 2026
FEMA has issued an Emergency Management Declaration for the state of Mississippi to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe storm beginning January 23, 2026 and continuing. The following counties have been approved for assistance:
Public Assistance:
- Adams (County)
- Alcorn (County)
- Amite (County)
- Attala (County)
- Benton (County)
- Bolivar (County)
- Calhoun (County)
- Carroll (County)
- Chickasaw (County)
- Choctaw (County)
- Claiborne (County)
- Clarke (County)
- Clay (County)
- Coahoma (County)
- Copiah (County)
- Covington (County)
- DeSoto (County)
- Forrest (County)
- Franklin (County)
- George (County)
- Greene (County)
- Grenada (County)
- Hancock (County)
- Harrison (County)
- Hinds (County)
- Holmes (County)
- Humphreys (County)
- Issaquena (County)
- Itawamba (County)
- Jackson (County)
- Jasper (County)
- Jefferson (County)
- Jefferson Davis (County)
- Jones (County)
- Kemper (County)
- Lafayette (County)
- Lamar (County)
- Lauderdale (County)
- Lawrence (County)
- Leake (County)
- Lee (County)
- Leflore (County)
- Lincoln (County)
- Lowndes (County)
- Madison (County)
- Marion (County)
- Marshall (County)
- Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation
- Monroe (County)
- Montgomery (County)
- Neshoba (County)
- Newton (County)
- Noxubee (County)
- Oktibbeha (County)
- Panola (County)
- Pearl River (County)
- Perry (County)
- Pike (County)
- Pontotoc (County)
- Prentiss (County)
- Quitman (County)
- Rankin (County)
- Scott (County)
- Sharkey (County)
- Simpson (County)
- Smith (County)
- Stone (County)
- Sunflower (County)
- Tallahatchie (County)
- Tate (County)
- Tippah (County)
- Tishomingo (County)
- Tunica (County)
- Union (County)
- Walthall (County)
- Warren (County)
- Washington (County)
- Wayne (County)
- Webster (County)
- Wilkinson (County)
- Winston (County)
- Yalobusha (County)
- Yazoo (County)
Mississippi Severe Winter Storm (EM-3640-MS)
President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Mississippi
Additional Resources
FEMA’s web site
FEMA’s Disaster Declaration Process
Safeguard Properties Industry Alerts
VA’s Policy Regarding Natural Disasters