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Delaware disaster history

County pages for Delaware, ordered by declaration count and backed by the FEMA datasets described in the brief.

Declarations
52
County declaration rows
Counties affected
3
State pages with county rollups
Tracked FEMA aid
$337.4M
PA + assistance signals
Top incident
Hurricane
Oct 24, 2021
County directory

Counties with the most declarations

These are the county pages most likely to match long-tail “county + disaster history” searches.

Sussex County19 declarationsNew Castle County17 declarationsKent County16 declarations
Recent declarations

Latest county-level events

BiologicalApr 2020Kent County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4526-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$9.5MPA obligated
332Registrations
$1.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Sussex County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4526-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$29.5MPA obligated
531Registrations
$2.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kent County

COVID-19

EM-3449-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020New Castle County

COVID-19

EM-3449-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Sussex County

COVID-19

EM-3449-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Kent County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4090-DE · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$4.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Sussex County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4090-DE · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$653KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Kent County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3357-DE · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Kent County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4037-DE · Aug 25, 2011 to Aug 31, 2011
$1.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Sussex County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4037-DE · Aug 25, 2011 to Aug 31, 2011
$463KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Kent County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3336-DE · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 31, 2011
$378KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Sussex County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3336-DE · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 31, 2011
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this state

FEMA disaster context for Delaware

Delaware has 52 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 3 counties. The most common declaration type is hurricane. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $337.4M in combined public and individual assistance obligations.

The counties with the heaviest disaster history are Sussex County (19 declarations), New Castle County (17), and Kent County (16). Each county page breaks down the timeline, hazard mix, spending categories, and flood insurance signals for that specific area.

Declaration counts reflect how often FEMA formally declared a disaster or emergency affecting a county — not the total number of natural events. A single hurricane can generate declarations across dozens of counties and multiple states. The county pages linked above show the per-county detail behind these state-level totals.