FEMA Emergency Management Declaration – North Carolina Severe Winter Storm
FEMA Alert
January 24, 2026
FEMA has issued an Emergency Management Declaration for the state of North Carolina to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe storm beginning January 21, 2026 and continuing. The following counties have been approved for assistance:
Public Assistance:
- Alamance (County)
- Alexander (County)
- Alleghany (County)
- Anson (County)
- Ashe (County)
- Avery (County)
- Beaufort (County)
- Bertie (County)
- Bladen (County)
- Brunswick (County)
- Buncombe (County)
- Burke (County)
- Cabarrus (County)
- Caldwell (County)
- Camden (County)
- Carteret (County)
- Caswell (County)
- Catawba (County)
- Chatham (County)
- Cherokee (County)
- Chowan (County)
- Clay (County)
- Cleveland (County)
- Columbus (County)
- Craven (County)
- Cumberland (County)
- Currituck (County)
- Dare (County)
- Davidson (County)
- Davie (County)
- Duplin (County)
- Durham (County)
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
- Edgecombe (County)
- Forsyth (County)
- Franklin (County)
- Gaston (County)
- Gates (County)
- Graham (County)
- Granville (County)
- Greene (County)
- Guilford (County)
- Halifax (County)
- Harnett (County)
- Haywood (County)
- Henderson (County)
- Hertford (County)
- Hoke (County)
- Hyde (County)
- Iredell (County)
- Jackson (County)
- Johnston (County)
- Jones (County)
- Lee (County)
- Lenoir (County)
- Lincoln (County)
- Lumbee (TDSA)
- Macon (County)
- Madison (County)
- Martin (County)
- McDowell (County)
- Mecklenburg (County)
- Mitchell (County)
- Montgomery (County)
- Moore (County)
- Nash (County)
- New Hanover (County)
- Northampton (County)
- Onslow (County)
- Orange (County)
- Pamlico (County)
- Pasquotank (County)
- Pender (County)
- Perquimans (County)
- Person (County)
- Pitt (County)
- Polk (County)
- Randolph (County)
- Richmond (County)
- Robeson (County)
- Rockingham (County)
- Rowan (County)
- Rutherford (County)
- Sampson (County)
- Scotland (County)
- Stanly (County)
- Stokes (County)
- Surry (County)
- Swain (County)
- Transylvania (County)
- Tyrrell (County)
- Union (County)
- Vance (County)
- Wake (County)
- Warren (County)
- Washington (County)
- Watauga (County)
- Wayne (County)
- Wilkes (County)
- Wilson (County)
- Yadkin (County)
- Yancey (County
North Carolina Severe Winter Storm (EM-3637-NC)
President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for North Carolina
Additional Resources
FEMA’s web site
FEMA’s Disaster Declaration Process
Safeguard Properties Industry Alerts
VA’s Policy Regarding Natural Disasters