In the last 10 years more Major Disaster
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In the last 10 years, more Major Disaster Declarations have been declared in California, Iowa, and Oklahoma than in any other state Number of distinct Major Disaster Declarations* by state, FY 2010 -2021 (through Feb. 2021) 26 26 26 23 22 20 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 18 18 17 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 11 11 10 10 12 12 12 13 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 6 6 4 AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MP MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY 3 *Declarations are made individually for each affected county; only distinctly-coded disasters were counted. S O U R C E Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Declarations database, updated Feb. 2021. S L I D E L A S T U P D A T E D O N 2/3/21 1
The number of Major Disaster Declarations in the United States has increased over time Number of Major Disaster Declarations, 1953 -2021 (through Feb. 2021) 120 100 80 60 40 20 19 19 53 55 19 57 19 59 19 61 19 63 19 65 19 67 19 69 19 71 19 73 19 75 19 77 19 79 19 81 19 83 19 85 19 87 19 89 19 91 19 93 19 95 19 97 19 99 20 01 20 03 20 05 20 07 20 09 20 11 20 13 20 15 20 17 20 19 20 21 0 *Declarations are made individually for each affected county; only distinctly-coded disasters were counted. S O U R C E Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Declarations database, updated Feb. 2021. S L I D E L A S T U P D A T E D O N 2/3/21 2
Major Disaster Declarations have been declared in every state and Washington, D. C. over the last ten years Number of distinct Major Disaster Declarations* by state, FY 2009 -2021 (through Feb. 2021) ■ 0 -5 ■ 6 -10 ■ 11 -15 ■ 16 -20 ■ 21+ WA MT VT ND MN OR ID NH SD WI WY NV PA IA UT CO AZ IL KS OK NM TX WV KY VA TN SC NJ DE GA MD LA HI RI CT NC AR AL MA OH IN MO MS AK NY MI NE CA ME FL DC *Declarations are made individually for each affected county; only distinctly-coded disasters were counted. S O U R C E Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Declarations database, updated Feb. 2021. S L I D E L A S T U P D A T E D O N 2/3/21 3
More Major Disaster Declarations have been declared for severe storms and floods than for other natural disasters Major Disaster Declarations by state*, FY 2010 -2021* (through Feb. 2021), by FEMA incident type** 30 There were 722 major disaster declarations nationally between 2009 and Feb. 2021 25 20 15 10 5 AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MP MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY 0 Coastal storm Earthquake Fire Flood Severe Storm(s) Hurricane Severe Ice Storm Tornado Freezing Tsunami Snow Other Typhoon Mud/Landslide Volcano *Declarations are made individually for each affected county; only distinctly-coded disasters were counted. **Graph does not include “biological” Major Disaster Declarations from the COVID-19 pandemic. S O U R C E Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Declarations database, updated Feb. 2021. S L I D E L A S T U P D A T E D O N 2/3/21 4
Across the 10 FEMA regions, severe storms have spurred more Major Disaster Declarations than any other disaster type Number of distinct Major Disaster Declarations* by FEMA region, FY 2009 -2021 (through Feb. 2021) ■ 0 -5 ■ 6 -10 ■ 11 -15 ■ 16 -20 ■ 21+ Disaster type* in each region with… 64 (max) declarations 30 declarations 15 or fewer declarations Severe storm Tornado Snow Fire Hurricane Incident colors correspond to the color legend on the previous chart *Declarations are made individually for each affected county; only distinctly-coded disasters were counted. S O U R C E Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Declarations database, updated Feb. 2021. S L I D E L A S T U P D A T E D O N 2/3/21 Flood 5