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Maine
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
13
Billion-Dollar Events
$7.9B
Total Economic Impact
16
Counties
58.9
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 16 counties
ISTM
90.24
Avg Risk Score
Tropical Cyclone
81.45
Avg Risk Score
Drought
74.54
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
65.49
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
63.38
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
62.53
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Winter Storm
9 events
$6.3B
Flooding
2 events
$1.0B
Severe Storm
1 events
$0.1B
Tropical Cyclone
1 events
$0.4B
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 | Cumberland | 85.11 | 1789.0% | |
| 2 | York | 83.61 | 1719.0% | |
| 3 | Kennebec | 77.54 | 3125.0% | |
| 4 | Penobscot | 73.37 | 4249.0% | |
| 5 | Hancock | 69.14 | 2043.0% | |
| 6 | Somerset | 67.67 | 4659.0% | |
| 7 | Androscoggin | 67.26 | 5614.0% | |
| 8 | Aroostook | 60.55 | 5757.0% | |
| 9 | Oxford | 60.01 | 3173.0% | |
| 10 | Washington | 57.68 | 6957.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Flooding
Dec 2023
$0.6B
2 fatalities
Winter Storm
Dec 2022
$2.8B
29 fatalities
Winter Storm
Jan 2018
$0.1B
1 fatalities
Winter Storm
Feb 2015
$0.2B
1 fatalities
Severe Storm
Apr 2007
$0.1B
Winter Storm
Jan 1999
$0.1B
Winter Storm
Jan 1998
$0.3B
4 fatalities
Flooding
Oct 1996
$0.3B
Winter Storm
Jan 1994
$0.1B
3 fatalities
Winter Storm
Mar 1993
$2.8B
135 fatalities
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