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Federal Gulf Coast Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Release Date: 09/27/05 00:00:00

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
September 27, 2005

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with other federal agencies, continues to respond to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Federal support to state and local officials, volunteer organizations and families who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina continues around the clock in an effort to provide recovery support to those affected by this unprecedented natural disaster. Federal assistance to households will help them get on the road to recovery.

Katrina Financial Assistance Released: $2.3 Billion (Figures represented below are cumulative totals to date.) View Chart (PDF, 1 page - 28 KB)

Relief Assistance Distributed for Louisiana by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $41,605,006
  • September 10, 2005: $246,376,573
  • September 11, 2005: $536,277,681
  • September 12, 2005: $584,803,919
  • September 13, 2005: $623,402,131
  • September 14, 2005: $757,128,525
  • September 15, 2005: $816,396,016
  • September 16, 2005: $972,157,786
  • September 17, 2005: $1,009,573,884
  • September 18, 2005: $1,039,058,498
  • September 19, 2005: $1,056,840,544
  • September 20, 2005: $1,060,279,862
  • September 21, 2005: $1,107,513,663
  • September 22, 2005: $1,125,600,979
  • September 23, 2005: $1,144,947,775
  • September 24, 2005: $1,504,680,144
  • September 25, 2005: $1,792,200,728
  • September 26, 2005: $1,877,528,144

Relief Assistance Distributed for Mississippi by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $5,623,739
  • September 10, 2005: $53,592,971
  • September 11, 2005: $104,803,450
  • September 12, 2005: $126,312,099
  • September 13, 2005: $144,220,104
  • September 14, 2005: $171,447,281
  • September 15, 2005: $190,729,026
  • September 16, 2005: $232,852,702
  • September 17, 2005: $250,190,701
  • September 18, 2005: $263,574,441
  • September 19, 2005: $272,439,655
  • September 20, 2005: $293,221,318
  • September 21, 2005: $309,066,597
  • September 22, 2005: $324,406,935
  • September 23, 2005: $336,344,026
  • September 24, 2005: $357,277,988
  • September 25, 2005: $393,083,268
  • September 26, 2005: $400,587,974

Relief Assistance Distributed for Alabama by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $6,550,828
  • September 10, 2005: $8,355,797
  • September 11, 2005: $28,338,870
  • September 12, 2005: $31,016,919
  • September 13, 2005: $33,236,143
  • September 14, 2005: $37,250,074
  • September 15, 2005: $40,720,417
  • September 16, 2005: $49,183,724
  • September 17, 2005: $53,011,663
  • September 18, 2005: $58,238,480
  • September 19, 2005: $60,390,417
  • September 20, 2005: $60,910,165
  • September 21, 2005: $65,280,593
  • September 22, 2005: $66,737,384
  • September 23, 2005: $69,042,500
  • September 24, 2005: $73,825,078
  • September 25, 2005: $78,704,587
  • September 26, 2005: $80,233,085

FEMA has also received more than 114,000 financial assistance registrations from hurricane Rita victims and released over $1 million to those victims.

Since announcing a new housing program on Friday, FEMA has distributed $703 million dollars for transitional housing assistance to 298,000 applicants.

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