Natural hazards · Rio

Rio, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rio comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rio?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rio to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding31%Drought7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rio 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 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rio flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Rio.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington Parish.

Disasters that hit Rio

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington Parish shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Rio itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RioDeclared for Washington Parish only

Washington Parish has had 29 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. Rio 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 Rio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rio. 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.