Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Corfu
Corfu isn’t graded for hazard risk: Corfu has 695 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Corfu faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Corfu flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Corfu. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Corfu isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Genesee County.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Corfu
Disasters that paid out in Corfu itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Corfu), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2014Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding$11K to the Village of Corfu for repairs
- 2006Severe Storms and Flooding54 households applied for aid$14K aid approved$67K to the Village of Corfu for repairs
Genesee County has had 18 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Corfu
Is Corfu in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Genesee County, 1.0% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Corfu?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Corfu’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Corfu?
By FEMA money that reached Corfu, Severe Storms and Flooding (2006): 54 households applied for aid, $14K approved, and $67K to the Village of Corfu for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Corfu.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Corfu’s residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.