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Natural disasters, caused in part by climate change, play a pronounced role in the changing nature of the housing market. Catastrophes such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, wind events and winter storms ultimately affect all parties involved in real estate transactions. CoreLogic’s Hazard Team blog offers the latest updates on the impacts of natural disaster on the housing ecosystem, including information on current damage estimates and future projections. Stay tuned to get our latest take on how to manage risks associated with these types of risks. Read previous blog posts from CoreLogic's Hazard Team.
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August 10, 2022

Three Things to Know: Historic Flooding in Seoul, South Korea

Torrential rains hit the South Korean capital of Seoul. A month’s worth of rain fell in southern Seoul from Monday into Wednesday.

August 3, 2022

Three Things to Know: Historic Flooding in Missouri and Kentucky

A slow-moving severe thunderstorm system crossed central Missouri starting mid-afternoon on July 25 bringing record breaking precipitation and floods.

July 27, 2022

Three Things to Know: Luzon, Philippines Magnitude (M) 7.0 Earthquake

A M7.0 earthquake struck beneath the island of Luzon, Philippines early Wednesday July 27, 2022 The major earthquake struck early Wednesday morning in Abra Province in northwestern Luzon at 8:43 AM local time (00:43 UTC) at a very shallow depth of 10.0 km. The earthquake was the result of oblique...

June 29, 2022

Three Things to Know: M5.9 Earthquake Khōst, Afghanistan

A magnitude (M) 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan in the early morning hours of June 22

June 22, 2022

4 Things to Know About the 2022 Hurricane Season

As climate change continues to increase the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events, it is more important than ever for communities to be prepared for when disaster strikes. While we can’t control the occurrence of natural disasters like hurricanes, we can prepare for them. Understan...

June 22, 2022

The 2022 Hurricane Report

The 2022 Hurricane Report provides insight into property risk, both nationally and by metro area, across single-family homes and multifamily homes from hurricane-driven wind and storm surge.

June 17, 2022

Three Things to Know: US Midwest Severe Weather Outbreak – June 13-15

More than approximately 4 million single-family homes experienced 60 mph or greater wind speeds during the June 13 severe thunderstorm outbreak,

June 2, 2022

Three Things to Know About Hurricane Agatha

First official hurricane of the 2022 season is the earliest Category 2 storm to make landfall along Mexican Pacific Coast Hurricane Agatha made landfall just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico along the Pacific Coast at 4:00 pm CT on Monday, May 30, 2022. This is the earliest Category 2 storm to make l...

May 12, 2022

Three Things to Know About the Coastal Fire of Laguna Niguel, CA

Three Things to Know About the Coastal Fire of Laguna Niguel

March 25, 2022

Three Things to Know about the March 21-22 Tornado Outbreak

More than 20 confirmed tornadoes occurred over the two-day period On Monday, March 21, 2022, several tornadoes touched down in portions of Texas including the Austin, TX area, north of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and near Longview, TX in eastern TX. This same storm system was associated with seve...

February 25, 2022

Three Things to Know About European Windstorm Eunice

Three named storms arrived in Europe over the last week: Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin (also known as Ylenia, Zeynep and Antonia).

January 24, 2022

3 Predictions for How Insurers Will Better Protect Policyholders fr...

2021 proved to be yet another challenging year for property & casualty insurers with significant variations in reconstruction costs, growing threats to property from natural catastrophes, and the persistent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.