Storm help in California

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County pages

County pages show flood insurance claims, disaster declarations, wildfires and past El Niño rain from official records. We have them for these counties in California:

• Los Angeles County
• Alameda County
• Contra Costa County
• Marin County
• Orange County
• Riverside County
• Sacramento County
• San Bernardino County
• San Diego County
• San Francisco
• San Mateo County
• Santa Barbara County
• Santa Clara County
• Sonoma County
• Ventura County

Call 211

Dial 211 to reach local help: food, shelter, and help after a storm.

• 211211 California (opens in a new tab)

Get emergency alerts

Phones get Wireless Emergency Alerts on their own. Local sign-ups add warnings and evacuation orders by text, call or email.

• State alertsCalAlerts (opens in a new tab)
• Wireless Emergency AlertsReady.gov: Emergency alerts (opens in a new tab)

Get our warning alerts by email or browser

Emergency management

• State agencyCalifornia Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) (opens in a new tab)

After a disaster

After a federal disaster declaration, FEMA help opens for the counties it names. You apply at DisasterAssistance.gov.

• State recoveryCal OES Recovery Directorate (opens in a new tab)
• Federal disaster helpDisasterAssistance.gov (opens in a new tab)
• Open sheltersRed Cross open shelter finder (opens in a new tab)

Sandbags

Free sandbag sites for each county are on the county pages.

Free sandbags

Power outages

Your bill names your power company. These are the state’s main ones; check your address to see which may serve it.

• Outage mapPacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) (opens in a new tab)
• Outage pageSouthern California Edison (SCE) (opens in a new tab)
• Outage mapSan Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) (opens in a new tab)
• Outage pageLA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) (opens in a new tab)
• Outage pageSacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) (opens in a new tab)
• Outage maps directoryCPUC power outage maps (opens in a new tab)

Roads

Caltrans QuickMap has the state’s road closures and conditions. Don’t drive through water over the road.

• Road conditionsCaltrans QuickMap (opens in a new tab)

Drinking water

After a flood, your water system may tell you to boil water. These are the state’s drinking-water pages.

• Drinking waterState Water Board Division of Drinking Water (opens in a new tab)

What about your street?

A state page can’t tell you about your home. Check your address against the official flood, fire and landslide maps and live warnings.