Natural hazards · Many

Many, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Many comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Many?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes12%Strong wind11%Hurricanes7%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Many faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Many flood?

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

2paid claims since 2006

$65Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $64K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sabine Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Many

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManyDeclared for Sabine Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

42 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $68K to the Town of Many for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

1,181 households applied for aid $873K aid approved $196K to the Town of Many for repairs

2017

Tropical Storm Harvey

$42K to the Town of Many for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

75 households applied for aid $56K aid approved $125K to the Town of Many for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

78 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $10K to the Town of Many for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

44 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $3K to the Town of Many for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $17K to the Town of Many for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,602 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $51K to the Town of Many for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$17K to the Town of Many for repairs

Sabine Parish has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Many 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 Many’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Many. 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.