Maryland

Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile

Billion-Dollar Events

$186.5B

Total Economic Impact

Counties

75.61

Avg Risk Score

Top Natural Hazards

Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 24 counties

Hurricane

86.04 Avg Risk Score

Heat Wave

80.11 Avg Risk Score

Drought

75.37 Avg Risk Score

Winter Weather

70.87 Avg Risk Score

Lightning

69.53 Avg Risk Score

Coastal Flooding

68.69 Avg Risk Score

Cold Wave

67.24 Avg Risk Score

Landslide

63.98 Avg Risk Score

Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)

severe-storm 18 events

$28.7B

winter-storm 8 events

$12.1B

tropical-cyclone 8 events

$125.8B

drought 4 events

$16.1B

flooding 3 events

$4.0B

How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time

Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI

Rank	County	Risk Score	Risk Rating	SVI Percentile
1	Baltimore	95.2	Relatively Moderate	55.7%
2	Prince George's	94.62	Relatively Moderate	81.6%
3	Montgomery	93.89	Relatively Moderate	48.9%
4	Baltimore	93.67	Relatively Moderate	85.7%
5	Anne Arundel	92.01	Relatively Moderate	16.4%
6	Wicomico	87.02	Relatively Moderate	79.2%
7	Worcester	86.7	Relatively Moderate	43.0%
8	Harford	82.63	Relatively Low	7.9%
9	St. Mary's	81.96	Relatively Low	24.7%
10	Howard	80.4	Relatively Low	14.8%