HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4576-MS affected Hancock County, Mississippi. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-4576-MS

Declared

Dec 31, 2020

Public assistance

$23.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

1,550

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$8.1M

Debris Removal$7.1M

Utilities$6.3M

Buildings and Equipment$798K

Management Costs$625K

Emergency Protective Measures$540K

Roads and Bridges$189K

Total PA obligated$23.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.7M

Renter-approved dollars$123K

Intake IHP dollars$3.7M

Validated phase 2 dollars$3.7M

Tracked registrations1,550

About this declaration

What DR-4576-MS means

DR-4576-MS is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Hancock County, Mississippi, with an incident window starting Oct 28, 2020 through Oct 29, 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 Hancock County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.