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Sorrento, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sorrento comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sorrento?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sorrento to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding42%Hurricanes19%Tornadoes19%Wildfire8%Strong wind6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Sorrento faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Wildfire

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sorrento flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sorrento isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lake County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Sorrento

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SorrentoDeclared for Lake County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

1,010 households applied for aid $446K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Nicole

16 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

386 households applied for aid $158K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

1,520 households applied for aid $464K aid approved
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

14 households applied for aid $139 aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

268 households applied for aid $263K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

4 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

315 households applied for aid $422K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

74 households applied for aid $85K aid approved
Lake County has had 29 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. Sorrento 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 Sorrento’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sorrento. 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.

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