On April 28, 2011, the President declared parts of Alabama a
federal disaster area as a result of the severe storms, tornadoes,
straight-line winds, and flooding that struck the area - http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/28/president-obama-signs-alabama-disaster-declaration.
Specifically, the disaster area, as of May 2, 2011, includes the
Alabama counties of Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun,
Cherokee, Choctaw, Cullman, Dekalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette,
Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone,
Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, St Clair, Sumter, Tallapoosa,
Tuscaloosa, Walker and Washington. Additional
counties could be added to the disaster area as the
damages in other areas continue to be surveyed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Counties in Mississippi and
Georgia have also been declared federal disaster areas. If you
suffered a loss of property due to the storms in a county included
in the federally declared
