Puerto Rico Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 10/01 Severe Storms and Flooding active disaster 1798
2005 11/10 Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides not active disaster 1613
2004 09/17 Tropical Storm Jeanne and Resulting Landslides and Mudslides not active disaster 1552
2003 11/21 Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides not active disaster 1501
2001 11/28 Severe Storms & Flooding not active disaster 1396
2001 05/16 Flooding not active disaster 1372
1998 09/24 Hurricane Georges not active disaster 1247
1996 09/11 Hurricane Hortense not active disaster 1136
1995 09/16 Hurricane Marilyn not active disaster 1068
1992 01/22 Flooding, Severe Storm not active disaster 931
1989 09/21 HURRICANE HUGO not active disaster 842
1987 12/17 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 805
1986 07/10 Heavy Rains, Flooding, Mudslides not active disaster 768
1985 10/10 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, MUDSLIDES not active disaster 746
1985 05/31 STORMS, MUD/LAND SLIDES, FLOODING not active disaster 736
1979 09/02 HURRICANE DAVID not active disaster 597
1975 09/19 Tropical Storm Eloise not active disaster 483
1974 11/30 FLOODING not active disaster 455
1970 10/12 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 296
1964 05/26 Extreme Drought Conditions not active disaster 170
1956 08/18 HURRICANE not active disaster 62

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
1999 11/18 Hurricane Lenny not active disaster 3151
1998 09/21 Hurricane Georges not active disaster 3130
1996 11/21 Gas Leak Explosion not active disaster 3124
1974 08/29 Impact Of Drought not active disaster 3002

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

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

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Last Modified: Thursday, 16-Oct-2008 16:02:56