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Disaster detail

SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING

DR-4606-LA affected East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-4606-LA
Declared
Jun 2, 2021
DR
Public assistance
$5.0M
Project obligations
Registrations
1,793
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$2.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.5M
Management Costs$694K
Debris Removal$580K
Utilities$22K
Total PA obligated$5.0M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$2.8M
Renter-approved dollars$1.8M
Intake IHP dollars$9.2M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations1,793
About this declaration

What DR-4606-LA means

DR-4606-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting May 17, 2021 through May 21, 2021. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

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 East Baton Rouge Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.