GA
Georgia
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
79
Billion-Dollar Events
$62.6B
Total Economic Impact
159
Counties
45.74
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 159 counties
Tropical Cyclone
68.42
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
60.04
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
57.88
Avg Risk Score
Hail
54.83
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
54.74
Avg Risk Score
Tornado
53.97
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
43 events
$12.0B
Tropical Cyclone
14 events
$44.0B
Drought
8 events
$3.2B
Winter Storm
8 events
$1.1B
Flooding
4 events
$2.0B
Freeze
2 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 | Chatham | 98.66 | 8323.0% | |
| 2 | Liberty | 94.11 | 8606.0% | |
| 3 | Fulton | 92.3 | 6900.0% | |
| 4 | Cobb | 92.2 | 4227.0% | |
| 5 | Gwinnett | 91.44 | 6015.0% | |
| 6 | Glynn | 90.8 | 7549.0% | |
| 7 | DeKalb | 89.63 | 8164.0% | |
| 8 | Bulloch | 89.21 | 8253.0% | |
| 9 | Richmond | 88.74 | 9631.0% | |
| 10 | Bryan | 87.53 | 3555.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Severe Storm
Feb 2025
$0.3B
3 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Sep 2024
$15.7B
43 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Sep 2024
$0.4B
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2024
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
May 2024
$0.5B
Severe Storm
Feb 2024
$0.3B
Severe Storm
Feb 2024
$0.2B
Winter Storm
Jan 2024
$0.2B
5 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2023
$1.7B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Aug 2023
$0.8B
2 fatalities
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