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Alaska
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
7
Billion-Dollar Events
$7.0B
Total Economic Impact
30
Counties
22.71
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 30 counties
ERQK
63.08
Avg Risk Score
AVLN
52.34
Avg Risk Score
Wildfire
37.97
Avg Risk Score
TSUN
33.59
Avg Risk Score
VLCN
31.67
Avg Risk Score
Winter Storm
31.46
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Wildfire
7 events
$7.0B
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 | Anchorage | 94.85 | 5761.0% | |
| 2 | Kenai Peninsula | 90.96 | 5236.0% | |
| 3 | Matanuska-Susitna | 88.96 | 4990.0% | |
| 4 | Fairbanks North Star | 82.37 | 5264.0% | |
| 5 | Kodiak Island | 68.76 | 7667.0% | |
| 6 | Southeast Fairbanks | 58.42 | 6878.0% | |
| 7 | Yukon-Koyukuk | 45.05 | 8657.0% | |
| 8 | Aleutians West | 35.22 | 4959.0% | |
| 9 | Juneau | 19.76 | 3526.0% | |
| 10 | Sitka | 18.49 | 4809.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
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