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Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile

21
Billion-Dollar Events
$17.8B
Total Economic Impact
39
Counties
68.83
Avg Risk Score

Top Natural Hazards

Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 39 counties

ERQK
87.0 Avg Risk Score
LNDS
85.05 Avg Risk Score
CFLD
70.32 Avg Risk Score
VLCN
69.26 Avg Risk Score
Wildfire
65.29 Avg Risk Score
Heat Wave
59.04 Avg Risk Score

Disaster Type Breakdown

Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)

Drought 8 events
$6.8B
Wildfire 7 events
$6.7B
Flooding 3 events
$1.2B
Winter Storm 3 events
$3.2B

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 King 99.65 Very High 3743.0%
2 Pierce 98.73 Very High 5302.0%
3 Snohomish 97.9 Very High 3523.0%
4 Thurston 96.21 Very High 3724.0%
5 Clark 95.83 Very High 3915.0%
6 Grays Harbor 94.91 Very High 8122.0%
7 Kitsap 94.53 Very High 3081.0%
8 Yakima 93.22 Very High 9570.0%
9 Lewis 92.17 Very High 7743.0%
10 Cowlitz 92.14 Very High 7066.0%

Recent Major Events

Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years

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