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DR-1603-LADRHurricane

Hurricane Katrina

Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana, declared Aug 29, 2005, in 64 counties.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-1603-LA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Louisiana
Incident type
Hurricane
Declared
Aug 29, 2005
Requested
Aug 28, 2005 · request 5084
Incident began
Aug 29, 2005
Incident ended
Nov 1, 2005
Incident period
65 days
Closed out
not yet
Last day to apply for IA
Apr 10, 2006
Fiscal year
2005
FEMA region
Region 6

Designated areas

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Sep 13, 2005 EM-3244-ID Hurricane Katrina Hurricane ID44PA
Sep 10, 2005 EM-3235-PA Hurricane Katrina Hurricane PA67PA
Sep 10, 2005 EM-3231-KY Hurricane Katrina Hurricane KY120PA
Aug 29, 2005 DR-1605-AL Hurricane Katrina Hurricane AL22IHPIAPAHM
Aug 29, 2005 DR-1604-MS Hurricane Katrina Hurricane MS82IHPIAPAHM
Aug 28, 2005 EM-3214-AL Hurricane Katrina Hurricane AL6PA
Aug 28, 2005 EM-3213-MS Hurricane Katrina Hurricane MS11PA
Aug 28, 2005 DR-1602-FL Hurricane Katrina Hurricane FL11PAHM
Aug 27, 2005 EM-3212-LA Hurricane Katrina Hurricane LA63PA