Natural hazards · Glendora

Glendora, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glendora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1991. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glendora?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glendora to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding30%Drought20%Tornadoes16%Strong wind10%Cold waves7%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Glendora faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Glendora flood?

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

3paid claims since 1991

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tallahatchie County.

Disasters that hit Glendora

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlendoraDeclared for Tallahatchie County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

110 households applied for aid $272K aid approved $166K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

2020

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

$23K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

2019

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

$148K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

66 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $64K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$15K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$15K to the Village of Glendora for repairs

Tallahatchie County has had 22 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. Glendora 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 Glendora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Glendora. 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.