State resources may be activated and deployed to assist with the ongoing disaster at no cost to local jurisdictions. State resources include equipment, personnel, technical assistance/guidance, supplies, and essential services to provide assistance in the form of debris removal, traffic control, levee patrol, security, vaccines, transportation, and other emergency response and recovery capabilities. A governor’s proclamation may also make assistance available to low income residents in the proclaimed counties.
Check out the table below for 2024 governor's disaster proclamations.
View the Proclamations Archive for governor’s disaster proclamations from 2008-2023.
2024 Disaster Proclamations
| Date | Proc# | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 11/08 | 2024-50 | Harvest Proclamation Extension (allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight—not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight—without a permit for the duration of this proclamation) |
| 10/15 | 2024-49 | Hurricane Helene & Hurricane Milton Response Extension (eases restrictions on the transportation of materials and repair crews passing through Iowa enroute to Hurricane Helene response areas) |
| 10/09 | 2024-48 | Harvest Proclamation Extension (allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight—not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight—without a permit for the duration of this proclamation) |
| 10/01 | 2024-47 | Hurricane Helene Response (eases restrictions on the transportation of materials and repair crews passing through Iowa enroute to Hurricane Helene response areas) |
| 09/09 | 2024-46 | Harvest Proclamation (allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight—not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight—without a permit for the duration of this proclamation) |
| 09/05 | 2024-45 | Severe Storms occurring on June 16 (Scott) |
| 09/05 | 2024-44 | Severe Storms August 27 and continuing (Floyd) |
| 08/28 | 2024-43 | Severe Storms August 27 and continuing (Des Moines) |
| 08/19 | 2024-42 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Monona) |
| 08/08 | 2024-41 | Severe Storms August 5 and continuing (Allamakee and Winneshiek) |
| 08/07 | 2024-40 | Severe Storms July 29 and continuing (Polk) |
| 08/01 | 2024-39 | Severe Storms July 29 and continuing (Cass, Mills, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Wapello, Webster, and Woodbury) |
| 7/30 | 2024-38 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing - Emergency Classrooms (Sioux) |
| 07/22 | 2024-37 | Extension for June Severe Storms (Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Harrison, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Sioux, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Hancock, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth, and Wright) |
| 07/16 | 2024-36 | Severe Storms and Flooding beginning June 26 (Clayton and Scott) |
| 07/16 | 2024-35 | Severe Storms occurring on July 15 (Des Moines, Dubuque, Mitchell, Polk, and Scott) |
| 07/15 | 2024-34 | Disaster Recovery Housing Assistance Program Activation (Adair, Adams, Buena Vista, Cedar, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Emmet, Harrison, Jasper, Lyon, Mills, Montgomery, O’Brien, Plymouth, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Union and Woodbury) |
| 07/09 | 2024-33 | Severe Storms and Flash Flooding July 4 and continuing (Chickasaw and Wright) |
| 07/03 | 2024-32 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, Harrison, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth and Wright) |
| 06/28 | 2024-31 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, Harrison, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth and Wright) |
| 06/26 | 2024-30 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, Harrison, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth and Wright) |
| 06/26 | 2024-29 | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Extension (Sioux, Cherokee, and Sac) |
| 06/26 | 2024-28 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Harrison, Johnson, Mills and Pottawattamie) |
| 06/24 | 2024-27 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Allamakee) |
| 06/24 | 2024-26 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, and Pottawattamie) |
| 06/23 | 2024-25 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Palo Alto) |
| 06/22 | 2024-24 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth, and Wright) |
| 06/22 | 2024-23 | Severe Storms and Flooding June 21 and continuing (Sioux County) |
| 06/20 | 2024-22 | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (Sac County) |
| 06/19 | 2024-21 | Severe weather beginning June 12 and continuing (Carroll, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Harrison, and O'Brien) |
| 06/14 | 2024-20 | Severe weather beginning June 12 and continuing (Monona and Woodbury Counties) |
| 06/06 | 2024-19 | Severe weather beginning June 3 and continuing (Dubuque and Emmet Counties) |
| 06/03 | 2024-18 | Severe weather beginning May 31 and continuing (O'Brien and Kossuth Counties) |
| 06/02 | 2024-17 | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (Cherokee County) |
| 05/28 | 2024-16 | Severe weather beginning May 20 and continuing (Dallas, Poweshiek, and Webster Counties) |
| 05/28 | 2024-15 | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (Sioux County) |
| 05/24 | 2024-14 | Severe weather beginning May 20 and continuing (Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Johnson, Keokuk, Marion, Scott, Shelby, Union, Washington, and Wright Counties) |
| 05/22 | 2024-13 | Severe weather beginning May 20 and continuing (Black Hawk, Buena Vista, Butler, Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Iowa, Jackson, Mills, Muscatine, O'Brien, Polk and Story Counties) |
| 05/21 | 2024-12 | Severe weather beginning May 20 and continuing (Adair, Adams, Cass, Clay, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Kossuth, Marshall, Montgomery, Page, Palo Alto, Pottawattamie, Tama, and Warren Counties) |
| 05/08 | 2024-11 | Severe weather beginning May 6 and continuing (allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of severe weather in Clarke, Marion, O’Brien, and Pottawattamie Counties) |
| 04/29 | 2024-10 | Severe weather beginning April 26 and continuing (allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of severe weather in Clarke, Crawford, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Ringgold, Shelby, and Union Counties) |
| 04/26 | 2024-09 | Severe weather beginning April 26 and continuing (allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of severe weather in Pottawattamie County) |
| 04/17 | 2024-08 | Severe weather beginning April 16 and continuing (allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of severe weather in Allamakee, Cass, Des Moines, Fayette, Henry, and Lee counties) |
| 02/29 | 2024-07 | Bridge Repair (Allamakee and Clayton Counties) (activates the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Emergency Repair (ER) Program which authorizes emergency relief funding to cover the costs of repair or reconstruction of federal-aid routes that have suffered severe damage as a result of sudden structural failure) |
| 02/12 | 2024-06 | Harvest Proclamation Extension (allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation) |
| 02/07 | 2024-05 | Perry Recovery Extension (Dallas County) (authorizes the use and deployment of all available state resources, supplies, equipment, and materials to continue to assist Dallas County and the Perry Community in their response to and recovery from the tragic January 4th shooting at Perry High School) |
| 01/24 | 2024-04 | (suspends the regulatory provisions of Iowa Code pertaining to hours of service for crews and drivers delivering propane, diesel, natural gas, and other fuels used for residential, agricultural, and commercial heating purposes) |
| 01/13 | 2024-03 | Harvest Proclamation Extension (allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation) |
| 01/10 | 2024-02 | (suspends the regulatory provisions of Iowa Code pertaining to hours of service for crews and drivers delivering propane, diesel, natural gas, and other fuels used for residential, agricultural, and commercial heating purposes) |
| 01/08 | 2024-01 | Perry Recovery (Dallas County) (authorizes the use and deployment of all available state resources, supplies, equipment, and materials to continue to assist Dallas County and the Perry Community in their response to and recovery from the tragic January 4th shooting at Perry High School) |