Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 81 claims here since 1996. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes85%Inland flooding9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Hurricanes

85% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newport flood?

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

81paid claims since 1996

$5.5Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 68 claims, $5.4M
Hurricane Fran: 5 claims, $19K
Hurricane Floyd: 3 claims, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Newport is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Carteret County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4homes raised above flood level

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Newport

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Carteret County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

2,924 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved $962K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

19 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $19K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

303 households applied for aid $200K aid approved $36K to the Town of Newport for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

79 households applied for aid $62K aid approved $8K to the Town of Newport for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$95K to the Town of Newport for repairs

1999

Hurricane Dennis

$6K to the Town of Newport for repairs

Carteret County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Newport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Newport total about $6.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.