Louisiana Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2009 12/10 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding active disaster 1863
2008 09/13 Hurricane Ike active disaster 1792
2008 09/02 Hurricane Gustav active disaster 1786
2007 02/23 Severe Storms and Tornadoes not active disaster 1685
2006 11/02 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1668
2005 09/24 Hurricane Rita active disaster 1607
2005 08/29 Hurricane Katrina active disaster 1603
2005 08/23 Tropical Storm Cindy not active disaster 1601
2004 09/15 Hurricane Ivan not active disaster 1548
2004 06/08 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1521
2002 10/03 Hurricane Lili not active disaster 1437
2002 09/27 Tropical Storm Isidore not active disaster 1435
2001 06/11 Tropical Storm Allison not active disaster 1380
2001 01/12 Severe Winter Storm not active disaster 1357
2000 02/15 Winter Storm not active disaster 1314
1999 04/09 Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding not active disaster 1269
1999 01/21 Freezing Rain and Ice Storm not active disaster 1264
1998 09/23 Tropical Storm Frances and Hurricane Georges not active disaster 1246
1997 03/18 Severe Ice Storms not active disaster 1169
1995 05/10 Severe Storm, Flooding not active disaster 1049
1994 02/28 Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Severe Storm not active disaster 1012
1993 02/02 Severe Storm, Flooding not active disaster 978
1992 08/26 Hurricane Andrew not active disaster 956
1991 05/03 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado not active disaster 904
1991 04/23 Flooding, Severe Storm not active disaster 902
1989 11/22 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 849
1989 07/17 Tropical Storm Allison not active disaster 835
1989 06/16 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 833
1989 05/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 829
1987 11/30 TORNADOES, FLOODING not active disaster 804
1985 11/01 HURRICANE JUAN not active disaster 752
1984 10/31 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 728
1983 04/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 679
1983 01/11 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 675
1980 05/21 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 622
1980 04/09 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 616
1979 09/25 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 604
1979 05/02 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 584
1978 12/06 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 567
1978 09/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 565
1978 05/09 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 556
1977 05/02 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 534
1975 06/06 Heavy Rains, Tornadoes, Flooding not active disaster 470
1974 11/01 SEVERE STORMS not active disaster 450
1974 09/23 HURRICANE CARMEN not active disaster 448
1974 02/23 FLOODING not active disaster 418
1973 04/27 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 374
1971 10/13 HURRICANE EDITH not active disaster 315
1969 08/19 HURRICANE CAMILLE not active disaster 272
1965 09/10 HURRICANE BETSY not active disaster 208
1964 10/03 HURRICANE HILDA not active disaster 178
1962 11/05 Chlorine Barge Accident not active disaster 139
1958 05/20 FLOODS not active disaster 84
1957 05/16 FLOODS, HURRICANE not active disaster 73
1956 10/04 HURRICANE not active disaster 64
1953 05/29 FLOOD not active disaster 3

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 09/11 Hurricane Ike active disaster 3295
2008 08/29 Hurricane Gustav active disaster 3289
2005 09/21 Hurricane Rita not active disaster 3260
2005 08/27 Hurricane Katrina not active disaster 3212
2003 02/01 Loss of the Space Shuttle <span class="italic">Columbia</span> not active disaster 3172
1984 05/15 Severe Storms and Tornadoes not active disaster 3090
1977 02/22 Drought and Freezing not active disaster 3031
1975 04/12 Heavy Rains & Flooding not active disaster 3011

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

Year Date Incident Disaster Number
No Fire Management Assistance Declarations declared in Louisiana

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Last Modified: Friday, 15-Jan-2010 17:04:33