Natural hazards · Viola

Viola, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Viola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Viola?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Viola to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes21%Cold waves18%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Viola faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Viola flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Viola.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

Disasters that hit Viola

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViolaDeclared for Kent County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Kent County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Viola 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 Viola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Viola. 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.