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DR-827-NCDRTornado

Tornadoes

Major Disaster Declaration for North Carolina, declared May 17, 1989, in 13 counties.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-827-NC
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
North Carolina
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
May 17, 1989
Requested
May 11, 1989 · request 89010
Incident began
May 5, 1989
Incident ended
May 6, 1989
Incident period
2 days
Closed out
Jun 14, 2002
Fiscal year
1989
FEMA region
Region 4

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