NC
North Carolina
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
61
Billion-Dollar Events
$66.0B
Total Economic Impact
100
Counties
66.53
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 100 counties
Tropical Cyclone
77.99
Avg Risk Score
ISTM
67.75
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
67.62
Avg Risk Score
Tornado
64.24
Avg Risk Score
Winter Storm
64.23
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
64.22
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
28 events
$4.7B
Tropical Cyclone
16 events
$58.9B
Winter Storm
9 events
$1.0B
Drought
5 events
$1.1B
Freeze
2 events
$0.2B
Wildfire
1 events
$0.1B
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 | New Hanover | 98.5 | 4618.0% | |
| 2 | Onslow | 97.93 | 7721.0% | |
| 3 | Carteret | 97.1 | 4007.0% | |
| 4 | Brunswick | 97.04 | 4083.0% | |
| 5 | Craven | 96.4 | 8670.0% | |
| 6 | Dare | 95.48 | 2772.0% | |
| 7 | Beaufort | 94.5 | 8460.0% | |
| 8 | Wayne | 94.43 | 9519.0% | |
| 9 | Robeson | 94.37 | 9924.0% | |
| 10 | Pitt | 94.24 | 9109.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Tropical Cyclone
Sep 2024
$15.7B
43 fatalities
Severe Storm
May 2024
$0.5B
Severe Storm
Apr 2024
$0.4B
Severe Storm
Feb 2024
$0.2B
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2021
$0.6B
3 fatalities
Severe Storm
May 2021
$0.2B
Severe Storm
Mar 2021
$0.1B
Tropical Cyclone
Nov 2020
$0.5B
4 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2020
$0.7B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
May 2020
$0.1B
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