Port Isabel, TX natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Port Isabel comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 221 claims here since 1980. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Port Isabel?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Port Isabel to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.
What Port Isabel faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
Inland flooding
Cold waves
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Port Isabel flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Port Isabel, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- Hurricane Allen: 165 claims, $1.7M
- Hurricane Dolly: 12 claims, $115K
- Heavy rains: 1 claim, $4K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
are insured
10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Port Isabel itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Port Isabel.
Severe Storms and Flooding
Hurricane Beryl
Severe Winter Storms
Severe Storms and Flooding
Severe Storms and Flooding
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
Hurricane Alex
Hurricane Dolly
Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding
Hurricane Bret
Port Isabel and the towns around it
How to read this page
FEMA’s expected losses across Port Isabel total about $2.2M 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.