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DR-7-MADRTornado

Tornado

Major Disaster Declaration for Massachusetts, declared Jun 11, 1953, statewide.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-7-MA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Massachusetts
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Jun 11, 1953
Requested
Jun 11, 1953 · request 53009
Incident began
Jun 11, 1953
Incident ended
Jun 11, 1953
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Jun 1, 1956
Fiscal year
1953
FEMA region
Region 1

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of Massachusetts (statewide designation).

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Jun 9, 1953 DR-6-MI Tornado Tornado MIstatewideIAPAHM