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Revere, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Revere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2,147 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Revere?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Revere to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding47%Coastal flooding21%Hurricanes8%Heat waves7%Earthquakes7%Cold waves6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Revere faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

21% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Revere flood?

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

2,147paid claims since 1978
$15.8Mpaid to owners
289homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 507 claims, $1.4M
  • The “Halloween” storm: 393 claims, $5.1M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 192 claims, $1.7M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 5 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (38) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Revere isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Suffolk County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7buildings floodproofed
2homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Revere

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RevereDeclared for Suffolk County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$184K to the City of Revere for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$153K to the City of Revere for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$340K to the City of Revere for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$157K to the City of Revere for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$44K to the City of Revere for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$140K to the City of Revere for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

259 households applied for aid $338K aid approved $77K to the City of Revere for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

409 households applied for aid $710K aid approved
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$135K to the City of Revere for repairs
2004

Flooding

78 households applied for aid $123K aid approved
2003

Snow

$166K to the City of Revere for repairs
Suffolk County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Revere

Revere and the towns around it

Saugus: High, mostly inland floodingChelsea: Low, mostly inland floodingBoston: Very low, mostly inland floodingWinthrop Town: Low, mostly inland floodingNahant: Low, mostly inland floodingLynn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEverett: Low, mostly inland floodingMalden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWakefield: Very low, mostly inland floodingLynnfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingMilton: Low, mostly inland floodingBrookline: Very low, mostly inland floodingCambridge: Low, mostly inland floodingDedham: Very low, mostly inland floodingQuincy: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewton: Low, mostly inland floodingWatertown: Low, mostly inland floodingHull: Very high, mostly coastal floodingSwampscott: Very low, mostly inland floodingPeabody: Low, mostly inland floodingMedford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSomerville: Low, mostly inland floodingMelrose: High, mostly inland floodingRevere: Low, mostly inland flooding RevereSaugusChelseaBostonWinthrop TownNahantLynnEverettMalden
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Saugusmostly inland floodingHigh
Maldenmostly inland floodingModerate
Lynnmostly inland floodingModerate
Reveremostly inland floodingLow
Everettmostly inland floodingLow
Chelseamostly inland floodingLow
Winthrop Townmostly inland floodingLow
Nahantmostly inland floodingLow
Bostonmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Revere covers 14 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Revere’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Revere. 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 Revere total about $10.5M 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.

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