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HURRICANE LILI

DR-1437-LA affected St. Bernard 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
$790K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Water Control Facilities$293K
Emergency Protective Measures$221K
Debris Removal$195K
Buildings and Equipment$76K
Roads and Bridges$3K
Utilities$2K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$758
Total PA obligated$790K

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