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Disaster declarations in Louisiana

Every federal declaration for Louisiana from 1953 to 2026, with the counties named in each and the assistance programs that were declared.

111declarations 78major disasters 28emergencies 5fire declarations $37.87 billionfederal aid reported*

Declarations per year, 1953–2026

19531970199020102026

By hazard

Links open the declarations for that hazard in Louisiana where there are five or more.

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All declarations

111 declarations
DeclaredNumberTitleHazardAreasProgramsFederal aid
May 29, 1953 DR-3-LA Flood Flood statewideIAPAHM —
Oct 4, 1956 DR-64-LA Hurricane Hurricane statewideIAPAHM —
May 16, 1957 DR-73-LA Floods & Hurricane Hurricane statewideIAPAHM —
May 20, 1958 DR-84-LA Floods Flood statewideIAPAHM —
Nov 5, 1962 DR-139-LA Chlorine Barge Accident Toxic Substances statewideIAPAHM —
Oct 3, 1964 DR-178-LA Hurricane Hilda Hurricane statewideIAPAHM —
Sep 10, 1965 DR-208-LA Hurricane Betsy Hurricane 34IAPA —
Aug 19, 1969 DR-272-LA Hurricane Camille Hurricane 5IAPA —
Oct 13, 1971 DR-315-LA Hurricane Edith Hurricane 21PA —
Apr 27, 1973 DR-374-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 36IAPA —
Feb 23, 1974 DR-418-LA Flooding Flood 6IAPA —
Sep 23, 1974 DR-448-LA Hurricane Carmen Hurricane 10IAPA —
Nov 1, 1974 DR-450-LA Severe Storms Severe Storm 1IAPA —
Jun 6, 1975 DR-470-LA Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding Severe Storm 12IAPA —
May 2, 1977 DR-534-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 8IAPA —
May 9, 1978 DR-556-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 4IAPA —
Sep 20, 1978 DR-565-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 2IAPA —
Dec 6, 1978 DR-567-LA Severe Storms & Tornadoes Tornado 2IAPA —
May 2, 1979 DR-584-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 10IAPA —
Sep 25, 1979 DR-604-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 3IA —
Apr 9, 1980 DR-616-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 12IA —
May 21, 1980 DR-622-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 6IA —
Jan 11, 1983 DR-675-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 19IAPA —
Apr 20, 1983 DR-679-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 9IAPA —
Oct 31, 1984 DR-728-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 4IA —
Nov 1, 1985 DR-752-LA Hurricane Juan Hurricane 13IAPA —
Nov 30, 1987 DR-804-LA Tornadoes & Flooding Tornado 10IA —
May 20, 1989 DR-829-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 30IAPA —
Jun 16, 1989 DR-833-LA Severe Storms & Tornadoes Tornado 9IA —
Jul 17, 1989 DR-835-LA Tropical Storm Allison Flood 19IAPA —
Nov 22, 1989 DR-849-LA Heavy Rains & Flooding Flood 3IA —
Apr 23, 1991 DR-902-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 15IAPA —
May 3, 1991 DR-904-LA Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding Severe Storm 38IAPA —
Aug 26, 1992 DR-956-LA Hurricane Andrew Hurricane 35IAPA —
Feb 2, 1993 DR-978-LA Severe Storms & Flooding Flood 9IA —
Feb 28, 1994 DR-1012-LA Severe Winter Ice Storm Severe Storm 8PA —
May 10, 1995 DR-1049-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Severe Storm 11IAPA —
Mar 18, 1997 DR-1169-LA Severe Winter Storm Severe Storm 3PA —
Sep 23, 1998 DR-1246-LA Hurricane Georges/Ts Frances Hurricane 21IAPAHM $7.2 million
Jan 21, 1999 DR-1264-LA Severe Ice Storm Severe Storm 18PAHM $3.9 million
Apr 9, 1999 DR-1269-LA Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding Severe Storm 5IAPAHM $2.8 million
Feb 15, 2000 DR-1314-LA Severe Winter Storm Snowstorm 8PAHM $3.0 million
Jan 12, 2001 DR-1357-LA Severe Winter Ice Storm Severe Ice Storm 8PAHM $4.6 million
Jun 11, 2001 DR-1380-LA Tropical Storm Allison Coastal Storm 27IAPAHM $23.2 million
Sep 27, 2002 DR-1435-LA Tropical Storm Isidore Hurricane 16IAPAHM $10.5 million
Oct 3, 2002 DR-1437-LA Hurricane Lili Hurricane 44IAPAHM $91.7 million
Jun 8, 2004 DR-1521-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Severe Storm 9IHPIAHM $5.9 million
Sep 15, 2004 DR-1548-LA Hurricane Ivan Hurricane 29IHPIAPAHM $13.5 million
Aug 23, 2005 DR-1601-LA Tropical Storm Cindy Severe Storm 5PAHM $3.1 million
Aug 29, 2005 DR-1603-LA Hurricane Katrina Hurricane 64IHPIAPAHM $20.54 billion
Sep 24, 2005 DR-1607-LA Hurricane Rita Hurricane 64IHPIAPAHM $1.33 billion
Nov 2, 2006 DR-1668-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Severe Storm 24IHPIAPAHM $16.2 million
Feb 23, 2007 DR-1685-LA Severe Storms and Tornadoes Severe Storm 3IHPIAHM $862,378
Sep 2, 2008 DR-1786-LA Hurricane Gustav Hurricane 64IHPPAHM $1.12 billion
Sep 13, 2008 DR-1792-LA Hurricane Ike Hurricane 29IHPPAHM $321.6 million
Dec 10, 2009 DR-1863-LA Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding Severe Storm 11PAHM $6.9 million
Sep 11, 2000 FM-2337-LA La-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00 Fire 11PA $325,804
Apr 12, 1975 EM-3011-LA Heavy Rains & Flooding Flood 7IA —
Feb 22, 1977 EM-3031-LA Drought & Freezing Snowstorm 33PA —
May 15, 1984 EM-3090-LA Severe Storms & Tornadoes Tornado 1IA —
Feb 1, 2003 EM-3172-LA Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia Other 41PA $411,358
Aug 27, 2005 EM-3212-LA Hurricane Katrina Hurricane 63PA —
Sep 21, 2005 EM-3260-LA Hurricane Rita Hurricane 64PA —
Aug 29, 2008 EM-3289-LA Hurricane Gustav Hurricane 64PA —
Sep 11, 2008 EM-3295-LA Hurricane Ike Hurricane 4PA —
May 6, 2011 EM-3322-LA Flooding Flood 26PA $28.9 million
Aug 27, 2012 EM-3347-LA Tropical Storm Isaac Hurricane 34PA —
Feb 5, 2016 EM-3376-LA Flooding Flood 7PA $7.0 million
Aug 28, 2017 EM-3382-LA Tropical Storm Harvey Hurricane 12PA —
Oct 6, 2017 EM-3392-LA Tropical Storm Nate Hurricane 19PA $4.4 million
May 29, 2019 EM-3413-LA Flooding Flood 11PA —
Jul 11, 2019 EM-3416-LA Tropical Storm Barry Coastal Storm 41PA —
Mar 13, 2020 EM-3459-LA COVID-19 Biological 64PA —
Mar 13, 2020 EM-3522-LA COVID-19 Biological tribalPA —
Jun 7, 2020 EM-3527-LA Tropical Storm Cristobal Coastal Storm 64PA $322,191
Aug 23, 2020 EM-3538-LA Tropical Storms Laura and Marco Hurricane 64PA —
Sep 14, 2020 EM-3543-LA Hurricane Sally Hurricane 64PA $5.9 million
Oct 7, 2020 EM-3547-LA Hurricane Delta Hurricane 64PA —
Oct 27, 2020 EM-3549-LA Tropical Storm Zeta Hurricane 64PA —
Feb 18, 2021 EM-3556-LA Severe Winter Storm Severe Ice Storm 64PA —
Aug 27, 2021 EM-3568-LA Tropical Storm Ida Hurricane 64PA —
Sep 13, 2021 EM-3574-LA Tropical Storm Nicholas Coastal Storm 64PA $80,382
Sep 27, 2023 EM-3600-LA Seawater Intrusion Other 5PA $34.3 million
Sep 10, 2024 EM-3614-LA Tropical Storm Francine Hurricane 64PA $10,236
Jan 24, 2026 EM-3638-LA Severe Winter Storm Winter Storm 64PA $6.1 million
Aug 18, 2011 DR-4015-LA Flooding Flood 22PAHM $7.3 million
Oct 28, 2011 DR-4041-LA Tropical Storm Lee Coastal Storm 8PAHM $6.4 million
Aug 29, 2012 DR-4080-LA Hurricane Isaac Hurricane 55IHPPAHM $489.3 million
Feb 22, 2013 DR-4102-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Severe Storm 11PAHM $5.9 million
Jul 13, 2015 DR-4228-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 7PAHM $11.9 million
Mar 13, 2016 DR-4263-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 37IHPPAHM $212.0 million
Aug 14, 2016 DR-4277-LA Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 26IHPPAHM $1.68 billion
Feb 11, 2017 DR-4300-LA Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds Tornado 2IHPHM $3.1 million
Oct 16, 2017 DR-4345-LA Tropical Storm Harvey Hurricane 20PAHM $7.8 million
Jun 3, 2019 DR-4439-LA Severe Storms and Tornadoes Severe Storm 3PAHM $20.0 million
Aug 27, 2019 DR-4458-LA Hurricane Barry Hurricane 26PAHM $51.9 million
Sep 19, 2019 DR-4462-LA Flooding Flood 14PAHM $19.3 million
Mar 24, 2020 DR-4484-LA COVID-19 Pandemic Biological 64IHPPAHM $2.36 billion
Aug 28, 2020 DR-4559-LA Hurricane Laura Hurricane 64IHPPAHM $3.63 billion
Oct 16, 2020 DR-4570-LA Hurricane Delta Hurricane 64IHPPAHM $183.9 million
Jan 12, 2021 DR-4577-LA Hurricane Zeta Hurricane 35IHPPAHM $163.5 million
Mar 9, 2021 DR-4590-LA Severe Winter Storms Severe Ice Storm 64IHPPAHM $51.3 million
Jun 2, 2021 DR-4606-LA Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding Flood 7IHPPAHM $26.9 million
Aug 29, 2021 DR-4611-LA Hurricane Ida Hurricane 64IHPPAHM $5.05 billion
Sep 16, 2024 DR-4817-LA Hurricane Francine Hurricane 22IHPPAHM $187.5 million
Feb 18, 2026 DR-4900-LA Severe Winter Storm Winter Storm 18PA $45.1 million
Jun 30, 2026 DR-4927-LA Tropical Storm Arthur Tropical Storm 9IHPPA $46.6 million
Aug 23, 2023 FM-5482-LA Tiger Island Fire Fire 1PAHM $23.9 million
Aug 25, 2023 FM-5484-LA Ida Fire Fire 1PAHM $814,214
Aug 27, 2023 FM-5485-LA Lions Camp Road Fire Fire 1PAHM $1.2 million
Aug 30, 2023 FM-5486-LA Highway 113 Fire Fire 2PAHM $3.6 million

* Individual Assistance approved plus Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation obligated, for declarations where OpenFEMA publishes totals; as reported on October 29, 2026. Programs: IHP — Individuals and Households, IA — Individual Assistance, PA — Public Assistance, HM — Hazard Mitigation.