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New York
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
46
Billion-Dollar Events
$37.8B
Total Economic Impact
62
Counties
55.33
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 62 counties
Flooding
75.44
Avg Risk Score
ISTM
75.28
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
74.14
Avg Risk Score
Tropical Cyclone
68.1
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
61.91
Avg Risk Score
Freeze
60.11
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
23 events
$5.2B
Winter Storm
12 events
$4.4B
Tropical Cyclone
8 events
$27.1B
Flooding
3 events
$1.1B
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 | Kings | 98.12 | 8845.0% | |
| 2 | Queens | 97.39 | 7747.0% | |
| 3 | Suffolk | 97.14 | 2645.0% | |
| 4 | Nassau | 96.66 | 2782.0% | |
| 5 | Bronx | 96.31 | 9955.0% | |
| 6 | New York | 96.18 | 6668.0% | |
| 7 | Westchester | 94.3 | 6817.0% | |
| 8 | Richmond | 91.22 | 5808.0% | |
| 9 | Erie | 85.36 | 4698.0% | |
| 10 | Orange | 85.21 | 6626.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2024
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Jul 2024
$0.5B
Severe Storm
Aug 2023
$0.8B
2 fatalities
Flooding
Jul 2023
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Winter Storm
Dec 2022
$2.8B
29 fatalities
Severe Storm
Jul 2022
$0.1B
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2021
$18.4B
24 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Jul 2021
$0.4B
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2020
$0.7B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Jan 2020
$0.1B
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