Half a Billion Dollars to Katrina Recovery
Alabama by the Numbers: Year-end Update
Release Date: January 6, 2006
Release Number: 1605-152FactSheet
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Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast region August 29th. Today local, state and federal agencies continue to work together to provide Alabama residents and evacuees impacted by the storm with recovery assistance. Here is a year-end look at the continuing recovery process from the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
| 1 | With thousands of displaced residents and evacuees from other states, hurricane Katrina led to the single largest direct housing mission in Alabama history |
| 13 | Alabama State Parks and campgrounds were opened to offer shelter to evacuees in travel trailers provided by FEMA |
| 31 | Disaster recovery centers were opened in the state to assist applicants |
| 271 | FEMA inspectors performed 93,008 damage inspections in the state |
| 1,371 | Low-interest home loans were approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for homeowners, business owners and renters for more than $57.2 million |
| 1,400 | Evacuees and staff were housed on board the cruise ship Holiday in Mobile prior to its relocation to facilities in Pascagoula, MS. October 30 |
| 5,694 | Students from other disaster-impacted states enrolled in Alabama public schools |
| 7,406 | Individuals live in interim housing facilities in Alabama, including apartments, travel trailers in state parks, commercial and private sites |
| 40,222 | Individuals visited Alabama’s 31 disaster recovery centers during their operation |
| 112,049 | Alabama residents registered with FEMA by calling the toll-free number 800-621-FEMA (3362), the TTY number for the hearing-or-speech impaired 800-462-7585 or by going online at www.fema.gov |
| 704,993 | Meals and snacks were served by the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army facilities |
| 3.1 Million | Cubic yards of storm-related debris has been collected statewide |
| $16 Million | In flood insurance claims was disbursed by the National Flood Insurance Program |
| $73.7 Million | Has been allocated for infrastructure repair. This includes $36.5 million to remove debris, $14 million to repair public facilities, $11 million to pay emergency workers overtime, $1.6 million to repair roads and bridges and $7.3 million to restore public utilities |
| $116 Million | In direct aid to individuals and families has been disbursed, including $586,000 in Disaster Unemployment Assistance |
| $254 Million | Obligated for mission assignments allowing for services, equipment and personnel from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense. This included the use of military aircraft for rapid needs assessment. Mission assignments supplied crisis counseling for survivors, interpreters for non-English speaking individuals, and allowed for the shipment of the following: 280 truckloads of ice, 186 truckloads of water, 103 truckloads of Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), 11 truckloads of generators, 27 truckloads of cots and 32 truckloads of blankets. |
| $500 Million | In all, over half a billion dollars - $519 million - has been made available to help individuals, businesses and local governments recover from the worst natural disaster in U.S. history |
FEMA manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.
Last Modified: Friday, 06-Jan-2006 16:47:39