Natural hazards · Sun

Sun, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sun comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sun?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sun to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes53%Inland flooding25%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Sun faces

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

Hurricanes

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Sun flood?

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

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Tammany Parish.

Disasters that hit Sun

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunDeclared for St. Tammany Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

1 household applied for aid $13K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

50 households applied for aid $101K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

31 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

1 household applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

35 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

8 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

248 households applied for aid $959K aid approved

St. Tammany Parish has had 37 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. Sun 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 Sun’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sun. 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.