Puerto Rico Hurricane Georges (DR-1247)

Incident period: September 20, 1998 to October 27, 1998

Major Disaster Declaration declared on September 24, 1998

News Releases

March 4, 1999

The President's Long Term Recovery Action Plan For Puerto Rico

Main Content

» Adobe PDF Icon FEMA "ON-LINE" Recovery Times: Puerto Rico, December 14, 1998 -- 388 KB
» FEMA "ON-LINE" Recovery Times: Puerto Rico, October 15, 1998 (In English) -- 576 KB
» Versión española de los tiempos " EN LÍNEA " de la recuperación de FEMA: Tejas, De octubre el 14 de 1998 (En Español) -- 567KB
» The President's Long Term Recovery Action Plan For Puerto Rico
» Puerto Rico Hurricane Georges Photographs

Photo of Director Witt and Administrator Alvarez talking to a hurricane victim

FEMA Director James Lee Witt and SBA Administrator Aidaa Alvarez with Georges victim Lydia De Jesus Rosado, 84, at the DRC in Vega Baja.

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Individual Assistance Definitions

Individuals & Household Program (IHP): Provides money and services to people in Presidentially declared disaster areas.

Housing Assistance (HA): Provides assistance for disaster-related housing needs.

Other Needs Assistance (ONA): Provides assistance for other disaster-related needs, such as furnishings, transportation, and medical.

Public Assistance Definitions

Public Assistance (PA): Disaster grant assistance available for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President

Emergency Work (Categories A-B): Work that must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President

Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards

*Dollars Approved: Assistance dollars approved but not necessarily disbursed.

*Dollars Obligated: Funds made available to the State via electronic transfer following FEMA's final review and approval of Public Assistance projects.

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