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Disaster detail

HURRICANE DELTA

DR-4570-LA affected Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4570-LA
Declared
Oct 16, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$7.4M
Project obligations
Registrations
20,764
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$6.4M
Utilities$507K
Management Costs$350K
Buildings and Equipment$129K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$45K
Debris Removal$19K
Total PA obligated$7.4M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$12.8M
Renter-approved dollars$5.6M
Intake IHP dollars$36.7M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations20,764
About this declaration

What DR-4570-LA means

DR-4570-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Oct 6, 2020 through Oct 10, 2020. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Calcasieu Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.