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Mississippi: Federal Disaster Declarations
Mississippi has recorded 47 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 13 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 60 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #8 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
Mississippi has had 4 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-4930-MSMajor disaster · Tropical Storm | Aug 3, 2026Incident period Jun 18 to 20, 2026 | 7,514of 10,948 registered | $26.8M | $5K |
| DR-4922-MSMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Jun 30, 2026Incident period May 6 to 7, 2026 | 3,013of 4,676 registered | $16.4M | $330K |
| DR-4899-MSMajor disaster · Winter Storm | Feb 6, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | 49,191of 85,914 registered | $212.3M | $258.2M |
| EM-3640-MSEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
DR-4899-MS has approved 49,191 households for assistance so far, the 2nd most of any Mississippi disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The most was DR-1604-MS in 2005, with 271,837. 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
$4.5B has been obligated to Mississippi in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$4.2B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $9M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $321M, or 7% 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
- Severe Storm 30
- Hurricane 18
- Flood 3
- Winter Storm 2
- Biological 2
- Tornado 2
- Tropical Storm 1
- Other 1
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 60 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | DR-4930-MS | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Arthur |
| Jun 30, 2026 | DR-4922-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Feb 6, 2026 | DR-4899-MS | DR | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3640-MS | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| May 21, 2025 | DR-4874-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jun 10, 2024 | DR-4790-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 12, 2023 | DR-4727-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes. |
| Mar 26, 2023 | DR-4697-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| Aug 30, 2022 | EM-3582-MS | EM | Other | Water Crisis |
| Oct 22, 2021 | DR-4626-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ida |
| Aug 28, 2021 | EM-3569-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Ida |
| May 4, 2021 | DR-4598-MS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Dec 31, 2020 | DR-4576-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Zeta |
| Oct 28, 2020 | EM-3550-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Zeta |
| Oct 8, 2020 | EM-3548-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Delta |
| Sep 14, 2020 | EM-3544-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sally |
| Aug 23, 2020 | EM-3539-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Marco And Tropical Storm Laura |
| Jul 9, 2020 | DR-4551-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 23, 2020 | DR-4538-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Apr 16, 2020 | DR-4536-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 5, 2020 | DR-4528-MS | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3474-MS | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | DR-4478-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Dec 6, 2019 | DR-4470-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jun 20, 2019 | DR-4450-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 23, 2019 | DR-4429-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Feb 14, 2019 | DR-4415-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornado |
| Nov 22, 2017 | DR-4350-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Nate |
| Oct 7, 2017 | EM-3393-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Nate |
| May 22, 2017 | DR-4314-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jan 25, 2017 | DR-4295-MS | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Mar 25, 2016 | DR-4268-MS | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jan 4, 2016 | DR-4248-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jan 7, 2015 | DR-4205-MS | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Apr 30, 2014 | DR-4175-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Feb 13, 2013 | DR-4101-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 29, 2012 | DR-4081-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isaac |
| Aug 28, 2012 | EM-3348-MS | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isaac |
| May 11, 2011 | DR-1983-MS | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| May 4, 2011 | EM-3320-MS | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Apr 29, 2011 | DR-1972-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Associated Flooding |
| May 14, 2010 | DR-1916-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Apr 29, 2010 | DR-1906-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 12, 2009 | DR-1837-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Sep 22, 2008 | DR-1794-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| Aug 30, 2008 | EM-3291-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| May 28, 2008 | DR-1764-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| May 8, 2008 | DR-1753-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 29, 2005 | DR-1604-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Aug 28, 2005 | EM-3213-MS | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Jul 10, 2005 | DR-1594-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Dennis |
| Sep 15, 2004 | DR-1550-MS | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ivan |
| May 23, 2003 | DR-1470-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes And High Winds |
| Apr 24, 2003 | DR-1459-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods |
| Nov 14, 2002 | DR-1443-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Oct 1, 2002 | DR-1436-MS | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isidore |
| Dec 7, 2001 | DR-1398-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding |
| Jun 21, 2001 | DR-1382-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Allison |
| Apr 17, 2001 | DR-1365-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 23, 2001 | DR-1360-MS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Mississippi, 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 | $516M |
| Rental assistance | $385M |
| Other needs | $634M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Mississippi 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) | 894 | $451M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 9 | $11M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 63 | $7M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 12 | $810K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 11 declaration requests from Mississippi since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 15.5%. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Jul 7, 2020 | Major Disaster | Coastal Storm |
| May 13, 2016 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| Mar 31, 2011 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Emergency | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 2005 | Major Disaster | Hurricane |
| Mar 19, 2004 | Major Disaster | Dam/Levee Break |
| Jun 12, 2003 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Dec 23, 2002 | 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.