HURRICANE LAURA

DR-4559-LA affected Rapides 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

Public assistance

$22.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

40,618

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$12.5M

Emergency Protective Measures$3.4M

Utilities$3.2M

Buildings and Equipment$2.1M

Management Costs$823K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$496K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$30K

Roads and Bridges$6K

Total PA obligated$22.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$8.1M

Renter-approved dollars$3.5M

Intake IHP dollars$23.2M

Validated phase 2 dollars$0

Tracked registrations40,618

About this declaration

What DR-4559-LA means

DR-4559-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Rapides 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 Rapides Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.