Natural hazards · Pembroke Pines

Pembroke Pines, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pembroke Pines comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 597 claims here since 1979. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pembroke Pines?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pembroke Pines to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding40%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Pembroke Pines faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Pembroke Pines flood?

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

597paid claims since 1979
$4.9Mpaid to owners
15homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 290 claims, $1.2M
  • Hurricane Eta: 59 claims, $684K
  • Hurricane Wilma: 34 claims, $593K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Pembroke Pines 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

11buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Pembroke Pines

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pembroke PinesDeclared for Broward County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

16 households applied for aid
2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

248 households applied for aid $119K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid $700 aid approved $19K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2019

Hurricane Dorian

$188K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

21,737 households applied for aid $6.3M aid approved $6.1M to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

$184K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$18K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2005

Hurricane Wilma

11,208 households applied for aid $3.9M aid approved $28.7M to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2005

Tropical Storm Rita

$7K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$1.4M to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $52K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

273 households applied for aid $126K aid approved $542K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$92K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Emergency Declarations

$11K to the City of Pembroke Pines for repairs
Broward County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.
Around Pembroke Pines

Pembroke Pines and the towns around it

Southwest Ranches: High, mostly inland floodingMiramar: High, mostly hurricanesHollywood: High, mostly inland floodingCooper City: Very high, mostly inland floodingDavie: Very high, mostly inland floodingWeston: High, mostly inland floodingMiami Gardens: High, mostly hurricanesCountry Club: High, mostly inland floodingWest Park: High, mostly hurricanesDania Beach: High, mostly hurricanesHallandale Beach: Moderate, mostly hurricanesFort Lauderdale: High, mostly inland floodingPembroke Park: High, mostly hurricanesPlantation: High, mostly hurricanesBroadview Park: High, mostly hurricanesSunrise: High, mostly hurricanesPembroke Pines: High, mostly hurricanes Pembroke PinesSouthwest RanchesMiramarHollywoodCooper CityDavie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cooper Citymostly inland floodingVery high
Daviemostly inland floodingVery high
Southwest Ranchesmostly inland floodingHigh
Hollywoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Miramarmostly hurricanesHigh
Pembroke Pinesmostly 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. Pembroke Pines covers 31 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pembroke Pines’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pembroke Pines. 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 Pembroke Pines total about $45.9M 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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