Natural hazards · Viera East

Viera East, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Viera East comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 2008.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Viera East?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Viera East to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes68%Inland flooding25%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Viera East faces

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

Hurricanes

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Viera East flood?

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

18paid claims since 2008

$232Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Fay: 9 claims, $67K
Hurricane Irma: 6 claims, $151K
December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brevard County.

Disasters that hit Viera East

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Brevard County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Viera East itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Viera EastDeclared for Brevard County only

Brevard County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Viera East

Viera East and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Viera Eastmostly hurricanesVery high

Rockledgemostly hurricanesVery high

Viera Westmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Viera East covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Viera East’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Viera East. 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 Viera East total about $8.9M 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.