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Belzoni, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belzoni comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 77 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Belzoni?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belzoni to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes18%Cold waves13%Earthquakes10%Heat waves7%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Belzoni faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Belzoni flood?

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

77paid claims since 1979
$986Kpaid to owners
14homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Katrina: 1 claim, $14K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

52storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Belzoni

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelzoniDeclared for Humphreys County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

1,378 households applied for aid $3.8M aid approved $571K to the City of Belzoni for repairs
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1,076 households applied for aid $3.3M aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

585 households applied for aid $321K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $64K aid approved $191K to the City of Belzoni for repairs
2011

Flooding

93 households applied for aid
2005

Hurricane Katrina

385 households applied for aid $147K aid approved $69K to the City of Belzoni for repairs
1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$27K to the City of Belzoni for repairs
Humphreys County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
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. Belzoni 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 Belzoni’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Belzoni. 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.

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