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DR-1437-LA · Major disaster declaration

Hurricane Lili

Declared for Louisiana on Oct 3, 2002, covering 44 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 39 of them.

Oct 3, 2002declared
44areas designated
39open to household applications
$71.6Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodOct 1, 2002 – Oct 16, 2002DeclaredOct 3, 2002Apply byJan 3, 2003Closed outSep 30, 2015

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 declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Allen ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Ascension ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Assumption ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Avoyelles ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Beauregard ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Calcasieu ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Caldwell ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Cameron ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Catahoula ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
East Baton Rouge ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
East Feliciana ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Evangeline ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Grant ParishIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredJan 3, 2003
Iberia ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Iberville ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Jefferson Davis ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Jefferson ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
LaSalle ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredJan 3, 2003
Lafayette ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Lafourche ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Livingston ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Natchitoches ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Orleans ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Ouachita ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredJan 3, 2003
Plaquemines ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Pointe Coupee ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Rapides ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Bernard ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Charles ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Helena ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. James ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. John the Baptist ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Landry ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Martin ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Mary ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
St. Tammany ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Tangipahoa ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Terrebonne ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Vermilion ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
Vernon ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Washington ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
West Baton Rouge ParishIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 3, 2003
West Feliciana ParishIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—