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Disaster risk in Miami

Miami ranks T#110 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 18 — Quiet. That puts it in the 19th percentile nationally and T#6 of 7 in Florida.

resilience score
18
Quiet
National rank
T#110 of 134
In Florida
T#6 of 7
Percentile
19th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Miami sits 32 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Miami

  1. T#106 North Las Vegas, NV 20
  2. #109 Philadelphia, PA 19
  3. T#110 Miami, FL — this page 18
  4. T#112 Dallas, TX 16
  5. T#112 Garland, TX 16

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Miami

Miami scores 55 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: