This is from FEMA:
https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/products-tools/national-risk-index
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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My state is listed as highest risk. I’ve rarely experienced any natural disasters there ever, so I’m doubting the accuracy of this map.
Illinois?
Exactly. Calling all the bullshit. IL is actually known for being extremely safe natural disaster-wise. No wildfires, earthquakes, floods, droughts, heatwaves, deepfreezes, tsunamis, or hurricanes, no volcanos or mountains so no mudslides or avalanches, relatively few tornados/severe storms.
I looked into it, and it seems like southern Illinois gets hit by residual hurricane/tropical storms often, which may cause flooding. Personally i lived in chicagoland, so I can't speak for the south or really the middle. But where I lived it was definitely as safe as you described.
You can find examples of extreme weather/natural disasters in every single state.
Central/South IL is literally just fields is corn and soy.
The map is still crap lol.
LOL at AZ being highest risk due to heat wave, drought, and wildfires. That's just every damned day of the week in the southern half of the state, not an uncommon occurrence at all, and hardly a natural disaster. It's most definitely not anywhere near the same as a hurricane or tornado. And all of them are based on the same source, lack of water because it's a DESERT.
The only people that would classify it anywhere near the same as a hurricane or tornado event are those that live in a temperate and never anywhere outside their little comfy zone.
Arizona's Health department reports an average of >400 heat related deaths every year; I think 400 tornado related deaths would be more likely to be understood as a natural disaster because you get footage of damaged buildings, on the ground interviews, etc. Heat deaths are quieter but I don't think that makes them less of a disaster.
Fun side note, I was checking figures while I was writing this and Wikipedia cites NOAA when it says the US has an annual average of about 80 tornado related deaths nationally, which I thought was surprisingly low, but the noaa.gov link that wikipedia cites 404s 😕
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_in_the_United_States#Injuries_and_fatalities