By the Numbers: First 100 Days
FEMA Recovery Update for Hurricane Katrina
Release Date: December 6, 2005
Release Number: HQ-05-386
| 1 | With an estimated 90,000 square miles impacted and 400,000 individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the storm is the single largest natural disaster in FEMA's 26-year history. |
| 45 | States and the District of Columbia received Presidential emergency declarations following Hurricane Katrina. This total is the most declarations made for a single disaster in FEMA history. |
| 132 | Disaster Recovery Centers open in the Gulf Coast. DRCs are one-stop information centers where victims can learn more about different types of state and federal disaster assistance, including loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for homeowners, renters and business owners. |
| 2,400 | The (800) 621-FEMA teleregistration and help line has been up and running for approximately 2,400 hours straight since Hurricane Katrina struck. Never have the registration and help line call centers operated for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 100 days straight. |
| 14,000 | More than 14,000 federal personnel have been deployed to help state and local officials along the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina. |
| 40,000 | Approximately 40,000 travel trailers and manufactured housing units are temporary homes for Hurricane Katrina victims, nearly triple the number of units used following all of last year's Florida hurricanes and far outnumbering any housing mission in FEMA's history. |
| 107,344 | Damaged roofs that have been temporarily covered by FEMA's "Blue Roof" program operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers so that families can remain in their homes as they rebuild. These are the most roofs covered following a single hurricane in the "Blue Roof" program's history. |
| 1.7 Million | FEMA has handled approximately 1.7 million registrations through www.fema.gov and (800) 621-FEMA for Hurricane Katrina alone. This more than doubles the number of registrations made following the historic 1994 Northridge Earthquake in California. |
| 53 Million | Since Hurricane Katrina, nearly 53 million cubic yards of debris have been removed in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. FEMA reimbursed the states at 100 percent for this expense for 60 days in Alabama and continue this 100 percent rate for Louisiana and Mississippi through Jan. 15. |
| 190 Million | FEMA has obligated nearly $190 million in unemployment assistance for eligible Hurricane Katrina victims from Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi who signed up for this assistance during the application period. |
| 325 Million | FEMA has paid or reimbursed more than $325 million for hotel and motel rooms being provided to Gulf Coast hurricane victims who were in need of short-term lodging since Hurricane Katrina. The hotel/motel population is down 50% from a high of 85,000. |
| 1.7 Billion | Federal dollars allocated for Public Assistance projects such as debris removal and emergency services in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, already surpassing the $1.1 billion allocated for Public Assistance grants in Florida over the eight months following the 2004 Hurricane Season. |
| 4.2 Billion | FEMA has provided more than $4.2 billion directly to Katrina victims for financial and housing assistance through the Individuals and Households Assistance Program (IHP), nearly 350 percent more than the $1.2 billion used for IHP following last year's Florida hurricanes. This amount is the most ever provided to victims by FEMA for any single natural disaster, nearly doubling the combined total of IHP dollars for the Northridge Earthquake in 1994 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992. |
| 8.3 Billion | More than $8.3 billion has been paid out to National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. NFIP had closed out $607 million in the 100 days following Hurricane Ivan, then the second-largest flood insurance event ever. |
Last Modified: Wednesday, 07-Dec-2005 12:27:09