Editing Hurricane Lili (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Lili2002disasterdeclarationmap.jpg|thumb|right|Disaster declarations by parish within Louisiana from Hurricane Lili]]
[[George W. Bush|President Bush]] declared Louisiana a federal disaster area after the storm, making it eligible for assistance.<ref name="disdeclaration">{{cite news|author=Mike Brassfield |title=Hurricane Lili Runs Out of Steam |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-09 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/04/Worldandnation/Hurricane_Lili_runs_o.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523072130/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/04/Worldandnation/Hurricane_Lili_runs_o.shtml |archive-date=2011-05-23 }}</ref> [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] set up three locations to apply in Mississippi and Louisiana. Applications began pouring in, 153,000 by the time of the deadline.<ref name="153k">{{Cite web|author=Federal Emergency Management Agency |title=Louisiana Aid Deadline Looms, 153,000 Have Applied |publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-10 |url=http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2751 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031095054/http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2751 |archive-date=2007-10-31 }}</ref><ref name="fema35k">{{Cite web|author=The New Orleans Channel |title=Federal Emergency Management Agency Fans Out After Storms |publisher=WDSU |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-08 |url=http://www.wdsu.com/news/1706286/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093102/http://www.wdsu.com/news/1706286/detail.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref> Over $311&nbsp;million in aid was granted to Louisiana.<ref name="311mil">{{Cite web|author=Federal Emergency Management Agency |title=Lili Recovery at More Than a Quarter Billion Dollars |publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-10 |url=http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2762 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031024844/http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2762 |archive-date=2007-10-31 }}</ref> A total of $50&nbsp;million of that money was in the form of low interest loans, and not actual grants.

Over 1,000&nbsp;power workers from eight different states went to the worst hit areas to help restore power.<ref name="power3">{{Cite web|author=WTVY|title=Hurricane Lili Aid|publisher=WTVY|year=2002|access-date=2008-04-09|url=http://www.wtvynews4.com/home/headlines/110161.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209174410/http://www.wtvynews4.com/home/headlines/110161.html|archive-date=2013-02-09}}</ref><ref name="arkpower">{{Cite web|author=Melissa Simas|title=Utility Workers on Ready for Storm Damage|publisher=KAIT|year=2002|access-date=2008-04-08|url=http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=959699&nav=0jshBbXu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228214634/http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=959699&nav=0jshBbXu|archive-date=2015-12-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Seven states sent tree trimmers to help clear debris from power lines and roads to speed the recovery process.<ref name="cleco">{{Cite web|author=Cleco Corporation|title=Cleco Power|publisher=Cleco Corporation|year=2002|access-date=2008-04-10|url=http://www.cmsgis.com/main/services/featuredclients.htm|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172035/http://www.cmsgis.com/main/services/featuredclients.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, FEMA gave SLEMCO, the state's power company, an $8.6&nbsp;million grant, which paid for 75% of the damage to the electrical grid there.<ref name="power'sback">{{Cite web|author=Federal Emergency Management Agency |title=SWLA Electric Corp To Receive $8.6&nbsp;million Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance Grant |publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-10 |url=http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2765 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031024840/http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=2765 |archive-date=2007-10-31 }}</ref> It took up to four weeks to restore power to all customers.<ref name="powerbackon">{{Cite web|author=Storm Work |title=Helping Customers and Communities |publisher=Storm Work |year=2002 |access-date=2008-04-10 |url=http://www.asplundh.com/treemagpdfs/Holiday%202002%20PDF%20Files/Holiday%20Issue%202002%20Storm%20Work%20Pgs%202-3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307093119/http://www.asplundh.com/treemagpdfs/Holiday%202002%20PDF%20Files/Holiday%20Issue%202002%20Storm%20Work%20Pgs%202-3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref>

Hurricane Lili caused great environmental damage to the marshes and barrier islands in Louisiana. Huge [[fish kill]]s were observed in marshes near the landfall point, and in the [[Atchafalaya Swamp]]. The barrier islands to the east of the landfall point, those subjected to the highest surge, were severely eroded. Sand was also deposited behind them into the brackish marshes, burying vegetation. The freshwater marshes were severely damaged by the wind and surge, some of them completely destroyed. The severe erosion created new waterways connecting inland bodies of water with the Gulf of Mexico, which eventually led to further erosion of inland lagoons.<ref name="greennowbrown">{{Cite web|author=Gaye Farris|title=USGS scientists monitor coastal damage from Hurricane Lili|publisher=USGS|year=2002|access-date=2008-04-10|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/usgs-usm101102.php|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060008/http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/usgs-usm101102.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Retirement===
{{See also|List of retired Atlantic hurricane names}}
Due to the widespread and heavy damage caused by the hurricane, the [[World Meteorological Organization]] retired the name ''Lili'' in the spring of 2004. It was replaced with ''Laura'' for the [[2008 Atlantic hurricane season|2008 season]].<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Publications/NatHurricaneOpsPlans/HOPs-P12-2004.pdf|page=3{{hyphen}}9|publisher=[[NOAA]] Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research|location=Washington, D.C.|title=National Hurricane Operations Plan|date=May 2004|access-date=April 10, 2024|archive-date=June 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616082727/https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Publications/NatHurricaneOpsPlans/HOPs-P12-2004.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B3.html |title=Subject: B3) What names have been retired in the Atlantic and East Pacific basin? |publisher=[[Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory]] Hurricane Research Division |work=FAQ: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones |author1=Gary Padgett |author2=Jack Beven |author3=James Lewis Free |access-date=April 10, 2024 |date=December 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506155042/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B3.html |archive-date=May 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>