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HURRICANE LAURA

DR-4559-LA affected Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4559-LA
Declared
Aug 28, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$641K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$466K
Buildings and Equipment$70K
Roads and Bridges$56K
Management Costs$32K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$11K
Emergency Protective Measures$6K
Total PA obligated$641K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-4559-LA means

DR-4559-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Aug 22, 2020 through Aug 27, 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 Evangeline Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.