Natural hazards · Weston

Weston, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1999. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weston to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes42%Wildfire6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Weston flood?

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

32paid claims since 1999

$650Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Eta: 11 claims, $65K
Hurricane Irma: 7 claims, $163K
Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $27K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Weston is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Broward County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Weston

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestonDeclared for Broward County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

7 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$42K to the City of Weston for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

3,152 households applied for aid $681K aid approved $2.4M to the City of Weston for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

3,235 households applied for aid $570K aid approved $8.7M to the City of Weston for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$35K to the City of Weston for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

42 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $331K to the City of Weston for repairs

1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$74K to the City of Weston for repairs

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

Around Weston

Weston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Daviemostly inland floodingVery high

Southwest Ranchesmostly inland floodingHigh

Westonmostly inland floodingHigh

Sunrisemostly 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. Weston covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weston. 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 Weston total about $25.9M 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.