Florida Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2009 05/27 Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds not active disaster 1840
2009 04/21 Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds not active disaster 1831
2008 10/27 Hurricane Gustav not active disaster 1806
2008 08/24 Tropical Storm Fay not active disaster 1785
2007 02/08 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding not active disaster 1680
2007 02/03 Severe Storms and Tornadoes not active disaster 1679
2005 10/24 Hurricane Wilma not active disaster 1609
2005 08/28 Hurricane Katrina not active disaster 1602
2005 07/10 Hurricane Dennis not active disaster 1595
2004 09/26 Hurricane Jeanne not active disaster 1561
2004 09/16 Hurricane Ivan not active disaster 1551
2004 09/04 Hurricane Frances not active disaster 1545
2004 08/13 Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Bonnie not active disaster 1539
2003 07/29 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1481
2003 04/25 Tornado not active disaster 1460
2001 09/28 Tropical Storm Gabrielle not active disaster 1393
2001 06/17 Tropical Storm Allison not active disaster 1381
2001 02/06 Severe Freeze not active disaster 1359
2000 10/04 Heavy Rains And Flooding not active disaster 1345
2000 10/03 Tropical Storm not active disaster 1344
1999 10/20 Hurricane Irene not active disaster 1306
1999 09/22 Hurricane Floyd not active disaster 1300
1998 11/06 Tropical Storm Mitch not active disaster 1259
1998 09/28 Hurricane Georges not active disaster 1249
1998 09/04 Hurricane Earl not active disaster 1241
1998 06/18 Florida Extreme Fire Hazard not active disaster 1223
1998 02/12 Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Flooding not active disaster 1204
1998 01/06 Tornadoes not active disaster 1195
1996 10/15 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1141
1995 10/27 Severe Storm, Flooding not active disaster 1074
1995 10/04 Hurricane Opal not active disaster 1069
1995 08/10 Hurricane Erin not active disaster 1062
1994 11/28 Tropical Storm Gordon, Heavy Rain, Tornadoes, Flooding not active disaster 1043
1994 07/10 Severe Storm, Flooding, Tropical Storm Alberto not active disaster 1035
1993 03/13 Tornadoes, Flooding, High Winds, Tides, Freezing not active disaster 982
1992 10/08 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes not active disaster 966
1992 08/24 Hurricane Andrew not active disaster 955
1992 08/14 Flooding, Severe Storm not active disaster 952
1990 04/03 Flooding, Severe Storm not active disaster 862
1990 01/15 Severe Freeze not active disaster 851
1985 12/03 HURRICANE KATE not active disaster 756
1985 09/12 HURRICANE ELENA not active disaster 743
1985 03/18 Severe Freeze not active disaster 732
1984 03/29 Freezing Temperatures not active disaster 698
1982 07/07 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 664
1979 09/29 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 607
1979 09/13 HURRICANE FREDERIC not active disaster 600
1979 05/15 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, FLOODING not active disaster 586
1977 01/31 SEVERE WINTER WEATHER not active disaster 526
1975 09/26 High Winds, Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 484
1975 08/22 FLOODING not active disaster 479
1973 05/26 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 387
1972 06/23 Tropical Storm Agnes not active disaster 337
1971 03/15 Freeze not active disaster 304
1970 07/03 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 289
1968 11/07 HURRICANE GLADYS not active disaster 252
1965 09/14 HURRICANE BETSY not active disaster 209
1964 09/10 HURRICANE DORA not active disaster 176
1964 09/08 HURRICANE CLEO not active disaster 175
1962 12/17 Abnormally High Tides not active disaster 141
1960 09/12 HURRICANE DONNA not active disaster 106
1960 03/23 Severe Weather not active disaster 97
1953 10/22 FLOOD not active disaster 12

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 09/07 Hurricane Ike not active disaster 3293
2008 08/21 Tropical Storm Fay not active disaster 3288
2005 09/20 Tropical Storm Rita not active disaster 3259
2005 09/05 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation not active disaster 3220
1999 10/15 Hurricane Irene not active disaster 3150
1999 09/14 Hurricane Floyd not active disaster 3143
1999 04/27 Fire Hazard not active disaster 3139
1998 09/25 Hurricane Georges not active disaster 3131
1995 08/03 Hurricane Erin not active disaster 3116
1994 07/08 Tropical Storm Alberto not active disaster 3114

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

Year Date Incident Disaster Number
2009 05/12 Martin County Fire Complex 2819
2008 05/12 Brevard Fire Complex 2765
2007 05/29 Okeechobee Fire Complex 2696
2007 05/09 Caloosahatchee Fire Complex 2692
2007 05/08 Black Creek Fire 2690
2007 05/07 Suwannee Fire Complex 2689
2007 05/02 Deland Fire Complex 2687
2007 03/26 53 Big Pine Fire 2684
2006 05/15 Volusia Fire Complex 2638

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