HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4573-AL affected Mobile County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-4573-AL

Declared

Dec 10, 2020

Public assistance

$14.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

12,955

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$11.9M

Buildings and Equipment$935K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$678K

Emergency Protective Measures$519K

Management Costs$349K

Roads and Bridges$267K

Utilities$33K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$12K

Total PA obligated$14.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$6.7M

Renter-approved dollars$10.6M

Intake IHP dollars$34.7M

Validated phase 2 dollars$34.6M

Tracked registrations12,955

About this declaration

What DR-4573-AL means

DR-4573-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Mobile County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Oct 28, 2020 through Oct 29, 2020. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Mobile County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.