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DR-1398-MS · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

Declared for Mississippi on Dec 7, 2001, covering 23 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 17 of them.

Dec 7, 2001declared
23areas designated
17open to household applications
$5.3Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodNov 24, 2001 – Dec 17, 2001DeclaredDec 7, 2001Apply byFeb 5, 2002Closed outSep 27, 2013

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
Benton CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Bolivar CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Coahoma CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
DeSoto CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Grenada CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Hinds CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Holmes CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Humphreys CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Lafayette CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Leake CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Madison CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Marshall CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Panola CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Prentiss CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Quitman CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Scott CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Sharkey CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Sunflower CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Tallahatchie CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Tate CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002
Tippah CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Tunica CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredFeb 5, 2002
Washington CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredFeb 5, 2002

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