New York Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2009 12/31 Severe Storms and Flooding Associated with Tropical Depression Ida and a Nor'easter active disaster 1869
2009 09/01 Severe Storms and Flooding active disaster 1857
2009 03/04 Severe Winter Storm not active disaster 1827
2007 08/31 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornado not active disaster 1724
2007 07/02 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1710
2007 04/24 Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding not active disaster 1692
2006 12/12 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1670
2006 10/24 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1665
2006 07/01 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1650
2005 04/19 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1589
2004 10/01 Tropical Depression Ivan not active disaster 1565
2004 10/01 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1564
2004 08/03 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1534
2003 08/29 Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding not active disaster 1486
2003 05/12 Ice Storm not active disaster 1467
2002 05/16 Earthquake not active disaster 1415
2002 03/01 Snowstorm not active disaster 1404
2001 09/11 Terrorist Attack not active disaster 1391
2000 07/21 Severe Storms not active disaster 1335
1999 09/19 Hurricane Floyd not active disaster 1296
1998 09/11 Severe Storms not active disaster 1244
1998 07/07 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1233
1998 06/16 New York Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes not active disaster 1222
1998 01/10 Severe Winter Storms not active disaster 1196
1996 12/09 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1148
1996 11/19 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1146
1996 01/24 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1095
1996 01/12 Blizzard not active disaster 1083
1993 04/02 World Trade Center Explosion not active disaster 984
1992 12/21 Coastal Storm, High Tides, Heavy Rain, Flooding not active disaster 974
1991 09/16 Hurricane Bob not active disaster 918
1991 03/21 Severe Storm, Winter Storm not active disaster 898
1987 11/10 SEVERE WINTER STORM not active disaster 801
1987 05/15 FLOODING not active disaster 792
1985 10/18 HURRICANE GLORIA not active disaster 750
1985 03/22 Snow Melt, Ice Jams not active disaster 734
1985 03/20 FLOODING not active disaster 733
1984 09/25 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 725
1984 04/17 COASTAL STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 702
1977 02/05 Snowstorms not active disaster 527
1976 09/03 HURRICANE BELLE not active disaster 520
1976 07/21 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 515
1976 06/29 FLASH FLOODING not active disaster 512
1976 03/19 Ice Storm,Severe Storms, Flooding not active disaster 494
1975 10/02 Severe Storms, Heavy Rain, Landslides, Flooding not active disaster 487
1974 07/23 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 447
1973 07/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 401
1973 03/21 High Winds, Wave Action, Flooding not active disaster 367
1972 06/23 Tropical Storm Agnes not active disaster 338
1971 09/13 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 311
1970 07/22 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 290
1969 08/26 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 275
1967 10/30 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 233
1965 08/18 Water Shortage not active disaster 204
1963 08/23 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 158
1962 03/16 Severe Storm, High Tides, Flooding not active disaster 129
1956 03/29 FLOOD not active disaster 52
1955 08/22 HURRICANE, FLOODS not active disaster 45
1954 10/07 HURRICANES not active disaster 26

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 12/18 Severe Winter Storm not active disaster 3299
2007 02/23 Snow not active disaster 3273
2006 10/15 Snowstorm not active disaster 3268
2005 09/30 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation not active disaster 3262
2004 03/03 Snow not active disaster 3195
2003 08/23 Power Outage not active disaster 3186
2003 03/27 Snowstorm not active disaster 3184
2003 02/26 Snowstorm not active disaster 3173
2002 01/01 Snowstorm not active disaster 3170
2000 12/04 Snow Storm not active disaster 3157
2000 10/11 Virus Threat not active disaster 3155
1999 09/18 Hurricane Floyd not active disaster 3149
1999 03/10 Winter Storm not active disaster 3138
1999 01/15 Winter Storm not active disaster 3136
1993 03/17 Severe Blizzard not active disaster 3107
1980 05/21 Chemical Waste, Love Canal not active disaster 3080
1978 08/07 Chemical Waste, Love Canal not active disaster 3066
1977 01/29 Snowstorms not active disaster 3027
1974 11/02 Flooding (NYS Barge Canal) not active disaster 3004

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

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

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 03-Feb-2010 17:52:32