Five Maryland counties are now eligible to receive federal disaster assistance after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a major disaster declaration last week.
On June 26, 2026, the USDA issued a Secretarial Disaster Declaration covering 43 primary natural disaster area counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with an additional 61 neighboring counties in that state.
Because Maryland shares a border with several of the Virginia counties included in that designation, five Maryland counties — Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s, and Washington — have been added as contiguous counties, making them eligible for federal disaster assistance as well.
The declaration was announced from Annapolis on June 29, 2026.
