Georgia storm damage and disaster statistics
From 2016 to 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15,321 storm event reports in Georgia, with property damage estimates totalling $3.8 billion. That is the 9th highest of the 50 states and D.C.
Damaging wind was reported most often (8,830 reports). Hurricane and tropical storm accounted for the most reported damage ($3.2 billion). FEMA has issued 25 major disaster declarations for Georgia since 2000.
storm event reports, 2016–2025
property damage estimated in those reports
major disaster declarations since 2000
hail reports, 38 of two inches or larger
tornado reports, 75 rated EF2 or stronger
home damage verified by FEMA inspectors since 2002
Reported storm damage in Georgia, year by year
Largest single damage estimate
$500 million
Tropical Storm, Richmond, 2024. Large events are recorded county by county, so one disaster can appear as several entries.
A quiet year on this chart can mean few damaging storms, or storms whose reports carried no damage estimate.
What hits Georgia: reports and damage by type
- Damaging wind 8,830
- Flood 1,341
- Hail 1,142
- Winter weather 778
- Hurricane and tropical storm 746
- Tornado 612
- Lightning 161
- Wildfire 18
- Hurricane and tropical storm $3.2B
- Tornado $388M
- Damaging wind $63.8M
- Hail $44.3M
- Flood $19.9M
- Wildfire $18.5M
- Lightning $6.5M
Federal disasters in Georgia
FEMA has recorded 25 major disaster declarations, 11 emergency declarations and 14 fire management declarations for Georgia since 2000.
The most recent major disaster declaration in this data is Hurricane Helene (hurricane), declared September 30, 2024.
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- Severe Storm 12
- Hurricane 8
- Severe Ice Storm 2
- Tropical Storm 1
- Biological 1
- Tornado 1
Home damage FEMA has verified in Georgia
After a declared disaster, homeowners can register with FEMA and have their home inspected. These are the totals for Georgia since 2004.
homeowners registered, across 22 disasters
damage verified by FEMA inspectors
individual assistance FEMA approved for those owners
homes inspected
inspections that found more than $30,000 of damage
average verified damage per inspected home
FEMA assistance is not insurance and is capped. It measures damage against its own habitability standard, and it counts only owners who registered and were inspected.
How Georgia ranks
| Measure | Georgia | Rank of 51 | In context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm event reports | 15,321 | 17th | 137 per 100,000 residents |
| Reported property damage | $3.8 billion | 9th | $337 per resident |
| Hail reports | 1,142 | 27th | 38 of two inches or larger |
| Tornado reports | 612 | 8th | 75 rated EF2 or stronger |
| Major disaster declarations since 2000 | 25 | 28th | 11 emergency declarations |
| FEMA-verified home damage since 2002 | $384 million | 15th | 518,909 homeowners registered |
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PublicAdjuster.cc, "Georgia storm damage and disaster statistics," https://publicadjuster.cc/data/georgia/. Compiled from the NOAA Storm Events Database and FEMA OpenFEMA data, November 10, 2026.
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