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High

drought Drought Risk in Georgia

Overall State Risk Score: 5/10

Georgia faces high drought risk. 4 of 145 counties (3%) rated high or very high by FEMA National Risk Index.

Seasonal pattern: June-September

Notable Drought Events

Drought - Southern United States

May 21, 2026 — WARNING

Atlanta, GA

82,900,000 people exposed; $10,334,513M capital exposed

Drought - Southern United States

September 18, 2025 — WARNING

Atlanta, GA

72,000,000 people exposed; $8,615,578M capital exposed

Other Hazards in Georgia

earthquake
Earthquake Risk
Score: 3/10
wildfire
Wildfire Risk
Score: 3/10
hurricane
Hurricane Risk
Score: 5/10
flood
Flood Risk
Score: 9/10
tornado
Tornado Risk
Score: 7/10
winter-storm
Winter Storm Risk
Score: 5/10
landslide
Landslide Risk
Score: 3/10
extreme-heat
Extreme Heat Risk
Score: 5/10
high-wind
High Wind Risk
Score: 5/10
tsunami
Tsunami Risk
Score: 0/10

How this data is built

Georgia drought risk combines Historical Event Intelligence with authoritative hazard modeling from the Geospatial Intelligence Layers catalog. Live event monitoring is available through the Event Intelligence API and the DisasterAWARE Platform.

The data behind this page

Every score and event here comes from DisasterAWARE's hazard database — available as downloadable historical datasets and a real-time API.

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