Natural hazards · Lena

Lena, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lena comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lena?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lena to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes16%Hurricanes15%Cold waves10%Strong wind10%Drought5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lena faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Lena flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leake County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lena

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LenaDeclared for Leake County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $716 aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

391 households applied for aid $252K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

9 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

Leake 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. Lena 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 Lena’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lena. 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.