DES MOINES, IOWA (July 24, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Osceola and Pottawattamie Counties for Individual Assistance, and Cherokee, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Scott, Winnebago, Woodbury, and Worth for Public Assistance for emergency protective measures and permanent work under the previously-approved Major Disaster Declaration, FEMA DR-4796-IA, for Iowa counties where significant damage was sustained from severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that occurred June 16, 2024, and continuing.
FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program is already activated for the following counties: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, O’Brien, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury.
The following counties were previously activated for emergency protective measures under Public Assistance and have been approved for the addition of permanent work: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O’Brien, Plymouth, and Sioux.
Public Assistance under the emergency protective measures categories is currently activated for the following counties: Emmet, Lyon, and Osceola.
Cherokee, Humboldt, Osceola, Palo Alto, and Woodbury County residents are now eligible for the Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Program, along with Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O’Brien, Plymouth, and Sioux counties.
This program is available to survivors whose homes were majorly damaged, destroyed, or deemed not habitable in counties currently under a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for both FEMA Individual and Public Assistance.
For more information on disaster-related programs and resources available to Iowans, visit DisasterRecovery.iowa.gov.
