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Alabama
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
74
Billion-Dollar Events
$61.4B
Total Economic Impact
67
Counties
59.05
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 67 counties
Tornado
74.71
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
72.26
Avg Risk Score
Tropical Cyclone
70.37
Avg Risk Score
Heat Wave
69.75
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
65.52
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
60.18
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
46 events
$13.7B
Tropical Cyclone
13 events
$44.9B
Drought
7 events
$1.7B
Winter Storm
5 events
$0.6B
Freeze
2 events
$0.2B
Flooding
1 events
$0.2B
Disaster Trends by Decade
How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time
Highest Risk Counties
Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI
| Rank | County | Risk Score | Risk Rating | SVI Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobile | 98.79 | 7947.0% | |
| 2 | Baldwin | 97.71 | 3103.0% | |
| 3 | Jefferson | 96.47 | 7562.0% | |
| 4 | Escambia | 91.38 | 8708.0% | |
| 5 | Madison | 91.28 | 3596.0% | |
| 6 | Houston | 90.68 | 7021.0% | |
| 7 | Coffee | 89.09 | 6489.0% | |
| 8 | Covington | 88.71 | 7075.0% | |
| 9 | Morgan | 88.13 | 6413.0% | |
| 10 | Shelby | 87.4 | 1155.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Severe Storm
Mar 2025
$1.7B
7 fatalities
Severe Storm
Feb 2025
$0.3B
3 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Sep 2024
$0.4B
Severe Storm
May 2024
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
May 2024
$0.5B
Severe Storm
Apr 2024
$0.4B
Severe Storm
Feb 2024
$0.2B
Severe Storm
Jun 2023
$0.4B
Severe Storm
Mar 2023
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Mar 2023
$0.8B
1 fatalities
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