- Declaration
- DR-73-LA
- Type
- Major Disaster Declaration
- State or territory
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Hurricane
- Declared
- May 16, 1957
- Requested
- May 16, 1957 · request 57022
- Incident began
- May 16, 1957
- Incident ended
- May 16, 1957
- Incident period
- 1 day
- Closed out
- Aug 1, 1960
- Fiscal year
- 1957
- FEMA region
- Region 6
- Designated incident types
- Flood
Designated areas
The declaration covers the whole of Louisiana (statewide designation).