Natural hazards · Laureles

Laureles, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Laureles comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Laureles?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Laureles to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes43%Cold waves26%Inland flooding20%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Laureles faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Laureles flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cameron County.

Disasters that hit Laureles

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaurelesDeclared for Cameron County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $444 aid approved

2008

Hurricane Dolly

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Cameron County has had 29 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. Laureles 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 Laureles’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Laureles. 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.