Natural hazards · Viola

Viola, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Viola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Viola?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Viola to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves14%Strong wind9%Earthquakes9%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Viola faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Viola flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Viola

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Rockland County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Viola itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ViolaDeclared for Rockland County only

Rockland County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Viola

Viola and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wesley Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

New Hempsteadmostly inland floodingVery low

Montebellomostly inland floodingVery low

Monseymostly inland floodingVery low

Airmontmostly inland floodingVery low

Violamostly inland floodingVery low

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. Viola covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Viola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Viola. 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 Viola total about $317K 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.