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DR-4559-LADRHurricane

Hurricane Laura

Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana, declared Aug 28, 2020, in 64 counties.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-4559-LA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Louisiana
Incident type
Hurricane
Declared
Aug 28, 2020
Requested
Aug 28, 2020 · request 20251
Incident began
Aug 22, 2020
Incident ended
Aug 27, 2020
Incident period
6 days
Closed out
not yet
Last day to apply for IA
Nov 27, 2020
Fiscal year
2020
FEMA region
Region 6

Designated areas

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Dec 9, 2020 DR-4572-TX Hurricane Laura Hurricane TX5PAHM
Aug 27, 2020 EM-3541-AR Hurricane Laura Hurricane AR75PA