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DR-1246-LA · Major disaster declaration

Hurricane Georges/ts Frances

Declared for Louisiana on Sep 23, 1998, covering 22 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 17 of them.

Sep 23, 1998declared
22areas designated
17open to household applications
$0public assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodSep 9, 1998 – Oct 4, 1998DeclaredSep 23, 1998Closed outFeb 24, 2016

The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.

What a major disaster declaration is

A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Acadia ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Ascension ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Ascension ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Assumption ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Cameron ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredYes
Evangeline ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Jefferson ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredYes
Lafourche ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredYes
Livingston ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Orleans ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Plaquemines ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
St. Bernard ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
St. Charles ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
St. James ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
St. John the Baptist ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
St. Martin ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
St. Mary ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
St. Tammany ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Tangipahoa ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Terrebonne ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredYes
Vermilion ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Washington ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes

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