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Louisiana: Federal Disaster Declarations
Louisiana has recorded 37 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 25 emergency declarations and 5 fire management declarations, 67 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #20 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Louisiana has had 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4927-LAMajor disaster · Tropical Storm | Jun 30, 2026Incident period Jun 17 to 24, 2026 | 8,095of 11,102 registered | $46.1M | $21K |
| DR-4900-LAMajor disaster · Winter Storm | Feb 18, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $44.8M |
| EM-3638-LAEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $6.1M |
DR-4927-LA has approved 8,095 households for assistance so far, the 12th most of any Louisiana disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The most was DR-1603-LA in 2005, with 732,594. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison.
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$26.2B has been obligated to Louisiana in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$23.8B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $87M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $2.3B, or 9% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Hurricane 28
- Flood 9
- Severe Storm 7
- Fire 5
- Coastal Storm 5
- Severe Ice Storm 3
- Biological 3
- Winter Storm 2
All declarations on record
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every state and county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 67 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | DR-4927-LA | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Arthur |
| Feb 18, 2026 | DR-4900-LA | DR | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3638-LA | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 16, 2024 | DR-4817-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Francine |
| Sep 10, 2024 | EM-3614-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Francine |
| Sep 27, 2023 | EM-3600-LA | EM | Other | Seawater Intrusion |
| Aug 30, 2023 | FM-5486-LA | FM | Fire | Highway 113 Fire |
| Aug 27, 2023 | FM-5485-LA | FM | Fire | Lions Camp Road Fire |
| Aug 25, 2023 | FM-5484-LA | FM | Fire | Ida Fire |
| Aug 23, 2023 | FM-5482-LA | FM | Fire | Tiger Island Fire |
| Sep 13, 2021 | EM-3574-LA | EM | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Nicholas |
| Aug 29, 2021 | DR-4611-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ida |
| Aug 27, 2021 | EM-3568-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Ida |
| Jun 2, 2021 | DR-4606-LA | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Mar 9, 2021 | DR-4590-LA | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Feb 18, 2021 | EM-3556-LA | EM | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jan 12, 2021 | DR-4577-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Zeta |
| Oct 27, 2020 | EM-3549-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Zeta |
| Oct 16, 2020 | DR-4570-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Delta |
| Oct 7, 2020 | EM-3547-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Delta |
| Sep 14, 2020 | EM-3543-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sally |
| Aug 28, 2020 | DR-4559-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Laura |
| Aug 23, 2020 | EM-3538-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storms Laura And Marco |
| Jun 7, 2020 | EM-3527-LA | EM | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Cristobal |
| Mar 24, 2020 | DR-4484-LA | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3459-LA | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3522-LA | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 19, 2019 | DR-4462-LA | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Aug 27, 2019 | DR-4458-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Barry |
| Jul 11, 2019 | EM-3416-LA | EM | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Barry |
| Jun 3, 2019 | DR-4439-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| May 29, 2019 | EM-3413-LA | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Oct 16, 2017 | DR-4345-LA | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Harvey |
| Oct 6, 2017 | EM-3392-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Nate |
| Aug 28, 2017 | EM-3382-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Harvey |
| Feb 11, 2017 | DR-4300-LA | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds |
| Aug 14, 2016 | DR-4277-LA | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 13, 2016 | DR-4263-LA | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 5, 2016 | EM-3376-LA | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Jul 13, 2015 | DR-4228-LA | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 22, 2013 | DR-4102-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 29, 2012 | DR-4080-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isaac |
| Aug 27, 2012 | EM-3347-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isaac |
| Oct 28, 2011 | DR-4041-LA | DR | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Lee |
| Aug 18, 2011 | DR-4015-LA | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| May 6, 2011 | EM-3322-LA | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Dec 10, 2009 | DR-1863-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Sep 13, 2008 | DR-1792-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ike |
| Sep 11, 2008 | EM-3295-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Ike |
| Sep 2, 2008 | DR-1786-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| Aug 29, 2008 | EM-3289-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| Feb 23, 2007 | DR-1685-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Nov 2, 2006 | DR-1668-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 24, 2005 | DR-1607-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Rita |
| Sep 21, 2005 | EM-3260-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Rita |
| Aug 29, 2005 | DR-1603-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Aug 27, 2005 | EM-3212-LA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Aug 23, 2005 | DR-1601-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Cindy |
| Sep 15, 2004 | DR-1548-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ivan |
| Jun 8, 2004 | DR-1521-LA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 1, 2003 | EM-3172-LA | EM | Other | Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Oct 3, 2002 | DR-1437-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Lili |
| Sep 27, 2002 | DR-1435-LA | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isidore |
| Jun 11, 2001 | DR-1380-LA | DR | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Allison |
| Jan 12, 2001 | DR-1357-LA | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Ice Storm |
| Sep 11, 2000 | FM-2337-LA | FM | Fire | La-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00 |
| Feb 15, 2000 | DR-1314-LA | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Louisiana, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $1.8B |
| Rental assistance | $2.9B |
| Other needs | $2.6B |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Louisiana to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 1,058 | $2.6B |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 190 | $398M |
| Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) | 51 | $69M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 4 | $6M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 29 | $6M |
| Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) | 1 | $2M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 5 | $2M |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 17 declaration requests from Louisiana since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 20.2%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2025 | Emergency | Terrorist |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Major Disaster | Tornado |
| Apr 25, 2020 | Major Disaster | Tornado |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| May 12, 2018 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Mar 2, 2016 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| May 1, 2012 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Mar 18, 2011 | Major Disaster | Tornado |
How these numbers are built
Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.