Natural hazards · East Lynne

East Lynne, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Lynne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2012. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Lynne?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Lynne to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes16%Cold waves16%Heat waves7%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What East Lynne faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 East Lynne flood?

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

9paid claims since 2012

$198Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20122026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit East Lynne

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East LynneDeclared for Cass County only

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$13K to the City of East Lynne for repairs

Cass County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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. East Lynne 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 East Lynne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of East Lynne. 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.