VA
Virginia
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
61
Billion-Dollar Events
$37.6B
Total Economic Impact
133
Counties
35.66
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 133 counties
Tropical Cyclone
67.11
Avg Risk Score
CFLD
63.04
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
52.78
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
47.28
Avg Risk Score
Drought
44.36
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
42.55
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
31 events
$7.0B
Winter Storm
12 events
$1.5B
Tropical Cyclone
9 events
$27.1B
Drought
5 events
$1.1B
Flooding
2 events
$0.6B
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 | Fairfax | 94.59 | 2623.0% | |
| 2 | Norfolk | 91.5 | 8822.0% | |
| 3 | Chesapeake | 90.58 | 3873.0% | |
| 4 | Newport News | 90.07 | 8705.0% | |
| 5 | Accomack | 89.56 | 8775.0% | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 88.61 | 2785.0% | |
| 7 | Virginia Beach | 88.2 | 3211.0% | |
| 8 | Hampton | 87.88 | 7053.0% | |
| 9 | Prince William | 85.75 | 4430.0% | |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 83.84 | 8084.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Tropical Cyclone
Sep 2024
$15.7B
43 fatalities
Severe Storm
Apr 2024
$0.4B
Severe Storm
Apr 2024
$0.6B
Severe Storm
Mar 2023
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Jul 2022
$0.1B
Severe Storm
Mar 2021
$0.1B
Tropical Cyclone
Nov 2020
$0.5B
4 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2020
$0.7B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Apr 2020
$0.1B
Severe Storm
Apr 2020
$0.2B
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