Natural hazards · Briny Breezes

Briny Breezes, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Briny Breezes comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Briny Breezes?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Briny Breezes to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes51%Inland flooding27%Coastal flooding18%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Briny Breezes faces

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

Hurricanes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

18% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Briny Breezes flood?

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

7paid claims since 1999

$21Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Jeanne: 2 claims, $5K
Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $2K
Hurricane Frances: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Briny Breezes

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Briny BreezesDeclared for Palm Beach County only

2022

Hurricane Ian

2 households applied for aid $300 aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

19 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $17K to the Town of Briny Breezes for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

32 households applied for aid $26K aid approved $24K to the Town of Briny Breezes for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

11 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $4K to the Town of Briny Breezes for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $11K to the Town of Briny Breezes for repairs

Palm Beach County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

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