Virginia FEMA Disaster Declarations

How many FEMA disaster declarations has Virginia had?

Virginia has had 7 federal disaster declarations in the last 5 years — 5 major disasters (DR), 2 emergencies (EM), and 0 fire-management declarations (FM) — affecting 130 counties. The most common incident types were Severe Storm (3), Tropical Storm (2), Winter Storm (1).

Declarations (7)

Emergency

SEVERE WINTER STORM

Declared: January 23, 2026 Incident: Winter Storm Disaster #: 3631 Counties: 130

Winchester Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland+124 more

Major Disaster

SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING

Declared: April 4, 2025 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 4863 Counties: 36

Powhatan Amelia Appomattox Bedford Bland Botetourt+30 more

Major Disaster

TROPICAL STORM HELENE

Declared: October 1, 2024 Incident: Tropical Storm Disaster #: 4831 Counties: 36

Appomattox Botetourt Roanoke Radford Galax Wythe+30 more

Emergency

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE HELENE

Declared: September 29, 2024 Incident: Tropical Storm Disaster #: 3621 Counties: 24

Pittsylvania Bedford Bland Buchanan Carroll Craig+18 more

Major Disaster

FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES

Declared: September 30, 2022 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 4674 Counties: 2

Tazewell Buchanan

Major Disaster

SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM

Declared: March 11, 2022 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 4644 Counties: 28

Buckingham Appomattox Amelia Albemarle Culpeper Caroline+22 more

Major Disaster

FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES

Declared: October 26, 2021 Incident: Flood Disaster #: 4628 Counties: 1

Buchanan

About this data. Federal disaster declarations are issued by the President under the Stafford Act. Each declaration unlocks federal funding for recovery — typically Public Assistance (rebuilding government infrastructure), Individual Assistance (grants and SBA loans for households), and Hazard Mitigation programs. See OpenFEMA for full documentation. Page rendered August 13, 2026.