Disaster detail

HURRICANE FLORENCE

DR-4393-NC affected Bladen County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4393-NC
Declared
Sep 14, 2018
DR
Public assistance
$5.5M
Project obligations
Registrations
3,164
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$710K
Management Costs$385K
Debris Removal$345K
Roads and Bridges$267K
Buildings and Equipment$154K
Utilities$134K
Total PA obligated$5.5M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$3.0M
Renter-approved dollars$577K
Intake IHP dollars$7.1M
Validated phase 2 dollars$7.3M
Tracked registrations3,164
About this declaration

What DR-4393-NC means

DR-4393-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Bladen County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 7, 2018 through Sep 29, 2018. 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 Bladen County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.