Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 21 in Indiana as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding; 4 Ohio Counties Also[...]

Columbus, Ohio, September 2, 2026 - This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.

Impacted Area: Indiana

Triggering Disaster: severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding

Application Deadline: April 26, 2027

Primary Counties Eligible:

• Indiana: Carroll, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Porter, Pulaski, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, Union and Wayne counties.

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

• Illinois: Cook, Kankakee, and Will counties.
• Indiana: Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Grant, Hendricks, Howard, Jasper, Jay, Jennings, Johnson, Marshall, Monroe, Newton, Ohio, Putnam, Ripley, St. Joseph, Shelby, Starke, Tippencanoe, and White counties.
• Kentucky: Boone county.
• Michigan: Berrien county.
• Ohio: Butler, Darke, Hamilton, and Preble counties.

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.

FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.

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