Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has added 18 more Texas counties to President Biden’s Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance. These 18 counties were included in a request submitted by the State of Texas on February 25 for the addition of 54 counties to the declaration.

The 18 counties include Atascosa, Bandera, Brooks, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Goliad, Howard, Jim Hogg, Karnes, Kleberg, Leon, Llano, Newton, Robertson, Trinity, Webb, and Willacy.