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Natural hazards · Lasara

Lasara, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lasara comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very high 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 Lasara?

88
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lasara to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves44%Hurricanes33%Inland flooding12%Drought9%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Lasara faces

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

Cold waves

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 86 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lasara flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LasaraDeclared for Willacy County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $60K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $760 aid approved
2008

Hurricane Dolly

96 households applied for aid $41K aid approved
Willacy County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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. Lasara 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 Lasara’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lasara. 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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