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Como, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Como comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Como?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Como to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes27%Tornadoes19%Inland flooding19%Cold waves11%Heat waves10%Strong wind7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Como faces

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

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Como flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

44storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Como

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ComoDeclared for Panola County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

741 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved $29K to the Town of Como for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

96 households applied for aid $69K aid approved
2020

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

13 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2015

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

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2011

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

225 households applied for aid $81K aid approved
Panola County has had 21 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. Como 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 Como’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Como. 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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