May 5, 2011 President Declares Emergency for Iowa

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to Iowa to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds during the period of April 9-10, 2011.  Read More

2010

Designated counties for previous Federal disaster declaration: 

Individual Assistance     
(Assistance to individuals and households):

Boone, Calhoun, Shelby Counties (added 10/15/2010)
Monroe County (added 10/4/2010)
Appanoose and Wapello (added 9/20/2010)

Hamilton, Ida, Kossuth, and Taylor Counties.

Black Hawk, Cherokee, Clayton, Decatur, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lee, Lucas, Lyon, Mahaska, Marion, O’Brien, Osceola, Polk, Ringgold, Sioux, Story, Union, Warren, Webster, and Wright Counties for Individual Assistance (already designated for Public Assistance.)

Public Assistance
 (Assistance to State and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities):

Henry County has been added to the July 29, 2010, major disaster declaration (as of 9/14/2010).

Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Franklin, Guthrie, Hamilton, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Lyon,  Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monroe, Montgomery, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto,  Polk, Ringgold, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, and Wright Counties.