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Dania Beach, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dania Beach comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 488 claims here since 1981. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dania Beach?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dania Beach to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding39%Coastal flooding9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Dania Beach faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% 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 Dania Beach flood?

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

488paid claims since 1981
$36.5Mpaid to owners
67homes flooded more than once
19812026

Biggest named events

  • April Florida Flooding: 253 claims, $31.6M
  • June South Florida Flooding: 25 claims, $1.4M
  • Hurricane Eta: 18 claims, $576K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (11) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Dania Beach is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Broward County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings retrofitted against wind
1buildings floodproofed
Disasters that hit Dania Beach

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Dania Beach itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Dania Beach.

Brought FEMA money into Dania BeachDeclared for Broward County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

1 household applied for aid $209K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

254 households applied for aid $672K aid approved $130K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2019

Hurricane Dorian

$25K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

2,494 households applied for aid $847K aid approved $2.2M to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$21K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2005

Hurricane Wilma

579 households applied for aid $348K aid approved $3.2M to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2005

Tropical Storm Rita

$2K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$824K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

$34K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

14 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $206K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$24K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Emergency Declarations

$16K to the City of Dania Beach for repairs
Broward County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.
Around Dania Beach

Dania Beach and the towns around it

Hollywood: High, mostly inland floodingFort Lauderdale: High, mostly inland floodingDavie: Very high, mostly inland floodingPembroke Pines: High, mostly hurricanesHallandale Beach: Moderate, mostly hurricanesPembroke Park: High, mostly hurricanesOakland Park: High, mostly inland floodingWilton Manors: Very high, mostly inland floodingPompano Beach: High, mostly hurricanesTamarac: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Lauderdale: High, mostly inland floodingPlantation: High, mostly hurricanesRoosevelt Gardens: High, mostly inland floodingBoulevard Gardens: High, mostly inland floodingLauderdale Lakes: Very high, mostly inland floodingSouthwest Ranches: High, mostly inland floodingCooper City: Very high, mostly inland floodingBroadview Park: High, mostly hurricanesSunrise: High, mostly hurricanesWeston: High, mostly inland floodingDania Beach: High, mostly hurricanes Dania BeachHollywoodFort LauderdaleDavie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Daviemostly inland floodingVery high
Fort Lauderdalemostly inland floodingHigh
Hollywoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Dania Beachmostly hurricanesHigh
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. Dania Beach covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dania Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dania Beach. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Dania Beach total about $12.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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