# 2024-31596: FEMA Still Cleaning Up Tropical Storm Debby's Georgia Mess

2024-31596, Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Georgia, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2024-12-26; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31596
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31596
- Title: Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Georgia
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2024-12-26
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FEMA Still Cleaning Up Tropical Storm Debby's Georgia Mess

## Summary

Georgia’s disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Debby just got an upgrade! If you were affected between August 4-20, 2024, you now have until February 7, 2025, to apply for help with physical damage, and until June 24, 2025, for economic injury loans. This extension means more time and money to get back on your feet!

## Abstract

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA-4821-DR), dated September 24, 2024. Incident: Tropical Storm Debby.

## Effects PRIA read

- Physical Disaster Loan Deadline Extended: benefit, medium. If you had physical damage in Georgia from Tropical Storm Debby between August 4 and August 20, 2024, you now have until February 7, 2025 to apply for an SBA physical disaster loan. You can apply through the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov.
- EIDL Deadline Extended for Georgia Businesses: benefit, medium. If your small business in Georgia suffered economic injury from Tropical Storm Debby during August 4–20, 2024, you have until June 24, 2025 to apply for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). Apply using the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov.

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## Sources
- [2024-31596 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31596/presidential-declaration-amendment-of-a-major-disaster-for-the-state-of-georgia)
- [2024-31596 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31596.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31596 (as of 2026-06-08).