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HURRICANE LILI

DR-1437-LA affected Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1437-LA
Declared
Oct 3, 2002
DR
Public assistance
$1.4M
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$834K
Emergency Protective Measures$349K
Roads and Bridges$90K
Utilities$81K
Debris Removal$69K
Buildings and Equipment$11K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$917
Total PA obligated$1.4M

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-1437-LA means

DR-1437-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Oct 1, 2002 through Oct 16, 2002. 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 Lafourche Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.