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Massachusetts
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
20
Billion-Dollar Events
$10.9B
Total Economic Impact
14
Counties
80.21
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 14 counties
Tropical Cyclone
90.24
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
78.09
Avg Risk Score
ISTM
77.17
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
73.94
Avg Risk Score
CFLD
73.22
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
71.54
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Winter Storm
9 events
$1.6B
Severe Storm
6 events
$1.7B
Tropical Cyclone
3 events
$7.0B
Flooding
2 events
$0.6B
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 | Middlesex | 96.12 | 2677.0% | |
| 2 | Essex | 93.95 | 6085.0% | |
| 3 | Norfolk | 92.9 | 2734.0% | |
| 4 | Suffolk | 92.71 | 7861.0% | |
| 5 | Worcester | 92.68 | 4398.0% | |
| 6 | Plymouth | 91.0 | 2845.0% | |
| 7 | Bristol | 89.53 | 5875.0% | |
| 8 | Barnstable | 86.32 | 961.0% | |
| 9 | Nantucket | 84.63 | 1190.0% | |
| 10 | Hampden | 84.03 | 8234.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Severe Storm
May 2025
$0.9B
Severe Storm
Jun 2024
$0.3B
Winter Storm
Feb 2023
$0.6B
Severe Storm
Feb 2019
$0.1B
Severe Storm
May 2018
$0.1B
Winter Storm
Mar 2018
$0.2B
1 fatalities
Winter Storm
Jan 2018
$0.1B
1 fatalities
Severe Storm
Feb 2016
$0.1B
Winter Storm
Feb 2015
$0.2B
1 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Oct 2012
$5.0B
12 fatalities
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