About DisasterData
Welcome to the DisasterData website! DisasterData explores historical data to analyze and visualize disasters occuring in the United States over the last 60+ years. Understanding historical disaster data will help to mitigate the costs and damages of future disasters. The purpose of this website is to provide you with visulaizations to better understand past disasters in the United States.
Data Sources
"The FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary is a summarized dataset describing all federally declared disasters, starting with the first disaster declaration in 1953, featuring all three disaster declaration types: major disaster, emergency and fire management assistance." - FEMA
FEMA Public Assistance Funded Projects Summary"FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations through the Public Assistance (PA) Program (CDFA Number 97.036)." - FEMA
