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DR-583-ILDRFlood

Severe Storms & Flooding

Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois, declared Apr 30, 1979, in 29 counties.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-583-IL
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Illinois
Incident type
Flood
Declared
Apr 30, 1979
Requested
Apr 28, 1979 · request 79045
Incident began
Apr 30, 1979
Incident ended
Apr 30, 1979
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Jun 9, 1986
Fiscal year
1979
FEMA region
Region 5
Designated incident types
Severe storm

Designated areas

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
May 2, 1979 DR-584-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood LA10IAPA
Apr 30, 1979 DR-582-MN Severe Storms & Flooding Flood MN11IAPA