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DR-1605-AL · Major disaster declaration

Hurricane Katrina

Declared for Alabama on Aug 29, 2005, covering 22 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 11 of them.

Aug 29, 2005declared
22areas designated
11open to household applications
$89.7Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodAug 29, 2005 – Sep 26, 2005DeclaredAug 29, 2005Apply byMar 11, 2006Closed outNov 21, 2023

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
Baldwin CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Bibb CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Choctaw CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Clarke CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Colbert CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cullman CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Greene CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Hale CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Jefferson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lamar CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lauderdale CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Marengo CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Marion CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Mobile CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Monroe CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Perry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Pickens CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Sumter CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Tuscaloosa CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Washington CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredMar 11, 2006
Wilcox CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Winston CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—

Same event, other declarations

DeclaredDeclarationWhereHazardAreasHouseholds can apply?
Aug 27, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3212-LA · EmergencyLouisiana Hurricane63No
Aug 28, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3214-AL · EmergencyAlabama Hurricane6No
Aug 28, 2005Hurricane KatrinaDR-1602-FL · Major disasterFlorida Hurricane11No
Aug 28, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3213-MS · EmergencyMississippi Hurricane11No
Aug 29, 2005Hurricane KatrinaDR-1603-LA · Major disasterLouisiana Hurricane64Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006
Aug 29, 2005Hurricane KatrinaDR-1604-MS · Major disasterMississippi Hurricane82Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006
Sep 10, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3231-KY · EmergencyKentucky Hurricane120No
Sep 10, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3235-PA · EmergencyPennsylvania Hurricane67No
Sep 13, 2005Hurricane KatrinaEM-3244-ID · EmergencyIdaho Hurricane44No

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