Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Newport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Earthquakes8%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Newport faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Newport flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Newport, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 1996

$176Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: New Castle County.

Disasters that hit Newport

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Newport itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Newport.

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for New Castle County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$7K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding From the Remnants of

$4K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved $1K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2003

Tropical Storm Henri

$3K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Newport for repairs

New Castle County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Newport is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.