Natural hazards · B and E

B and E, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in B and E comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is B and E?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves65%Inland flooding26%Everything else9%

By hazard

What B and E faces

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

Cold waves

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 B and E flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in B and E.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Starr County.

Disasters that hit B and E

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Starr County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching B and E itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into B and EDeclared for Starr County only

Starr County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around B and E

B and E and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

B and Emostly cold wavesModerate

La Puertamostly cold wavesModerate

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. B and E 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 B and E’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to B and E. 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.