Natural hazards · Sunrise

Sunrise, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunrise comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 544 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 Sunrise?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunrise to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding41%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sunrise 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

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% 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 Sunrise flood?

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

544paid claims since 1979

$2.3Mpaid to owners

12homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 196 claims, $586K
Hurricane Wilma: 40 claims, $302K
Hurricane Irma: 26 claims, $389K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Sunrise is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Broward County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Sunrise

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunriseDeclared for Broward County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

10 households applied for aid

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

420 households applied for aid $259K aid approved

2022

Hurricane Nicole

$47K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid $94K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$119K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

15,392 households applied for aid $5.0M aid approved $4.2M to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$128K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$53K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

12,559 households applied for aid $6.7M aid approved $8.4M to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$149K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

$51K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

695 households applied for aid $370K aid approved $247K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$48K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Emergency Declarations

$15K to the City of Sunrise for repairs

Broward County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

Around Sunrise

Sunrise and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Daviemostly inland floodingVery high

Lauderhillmostly inland floodingHigh

Westonmostly inland floodingHigh

Sunrisemostly hurricanesHigh

Plantationmostly 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. Sunrise covers 18 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sunrise’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sunrise. 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 Sunrise total about $23.4M 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.