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Puerto Rico: Federal Disaster Declarations
Puerto Rico has recorded 21 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 12 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 33 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #39 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
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$39.1B has been obligated to Puerto Rico in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$38.9B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $28M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $161M, or 0% 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 13
- Severe Storm 11
- Flood 3
- Biological 2
- Earthquake 2
- Tropical Storm 1
- Fire 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 33 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2024 | DR-4850-PR | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Ernesto |
| Aug 13, 2024 | EM-3610-PR | EM | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Ernesto |
| Jul 23, 2024 | DR-4805-PR | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Sep 21, 2022 | DR-4671-PR | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Fiona |
| Sep 18, 2022 | EM-3583-PR | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Fiona |
| Mar 29, 2022 | DR-4649-PR | DR | Flood | Severe Storm, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Nov 5, 2020 | DR-4571-PR | DR | Flood | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 9, 2020 | DR-4560-PR | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isaias |
| Aug 22, 2020 | EM-3537-PR | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Laura |
| Jul 29, 2020 | EM-3532-PR | EM | Hurricane | Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine |
| Mar 27, 2020 | DR-4493-PR | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3452-PR | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jan 16, 2020 | DR-4473-PR | DR | Earthquake | Earthquakes |
| Jan 7, 2020 | EM-3426-PR | EM | Earthquake | Earthquakes |
| Aug 27, 2019 | EM-3417-PR | EM | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Dorian |
| Sep 20, 2017 | DR-4339-PR | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Maria |
| Sep 18, 2017 | EM-3391-PR | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Maria |
| Sep 10, 2017 | DR-4336-PR | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| Sep 5, 2017 | EM-3384-PR | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| Oct 18, 2011 | DR-4040-PR | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Maria |
| Aug 27, 2011 | DR-4017-PR | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 22, 2011 | EM-3326-PR | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Jul 14, 2011 | DR-4004-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides |
| Oct 26, 2010 | DR-1946-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides Assoc W Ts Otto |
| Jun 24, 2010 | DR-1919-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Oct 24, 2009 | EM-3306-PR | EM | Fire | Explosions And Fire |
| Oct 1, 2008 | DR-1798-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Nov 10, 2005 | DR-1613-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Sep 17, 2004 | DR-1552-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Tropical Storm Jeanne And Resulting Landslides And Mudslides |
| Nov 21, 2003 | DR-1501-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides |
| Nov 28, 2001 | DR-1396-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides And Landslides |
| May 16, 2001 | DR-1372-PR | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Mudslides |
| Nov 17, 1999 | EM-3151-PR | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Lenny |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Puerto Rico, 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 | $890M |
| Rental assistance | $201M |
| Other needs | $1.5B |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Puerto Rico 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) | 575 | $877M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 11 | $2M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 7 | $1M |
Denied requests
No declaration requests from Puerto Rico were turned down in complete fiscal years through FY2026.
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.