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Norway, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norway comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Norway?

49
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norway to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding23%Earthquakes20%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Norway faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Norway flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwayDeclared for Orangeburg County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2024

Hurricane Helene

165 households applied for aid $165K aid approved
2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

11 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Matthew

23 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

91 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $28K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2004

Severe Ice Storm

$15K to the Town of Norway for repairs
Orangeburg County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Norway 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 Norway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Norway. 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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