Delhi is calmer than 82% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delhi comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1983. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Delhi’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Delhi?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.
Calmer than 466 of the 483 Louisiana towns we cover.
Delhi covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Does Delhi flood? Sometimes: 24 flood claims since 1983
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Delhi, from FEMA’s records.
Delhi isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Richland Parish.What Delhi faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Tornadoes
Inland flooding
Heat waves
Strong wind
Earthquakes
Cold waves
9 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Delhi
Disasters that paid out in Delhi itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Delhi) and its biggest flood years.
- 2021Hurricane Ida1 household applied for aid
- 2021Severe Winter Storms10 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
- 2020Hurricane Delta$7K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding70 households applied for aid$14K aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Gustav107 households applied for aid$217K aid approved$12K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
- 2006Severe Storms and Flooding27 households applied for aid$20K aid approved$88K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
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- 2005Hurricane Katrina$68K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
- 2000Severe Winter Storm$1K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
- 1998Severe Ice Storm$3K to the Town of Delhi for repairs
Richland Parish has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Old photos of Delhi after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Delhi archive →Get ready for what Delhi actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Know the nearest cooling center or air-conditioned library.
- Drink water before you feel thirsty.
- Check on neighbors who live alone.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Richland Parish’s 26 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Delhi’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Delhi.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Delhi, expected losses total about $974K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Delhi.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.