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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 29, 2018

A Tale of Two Hurricanes: Lane & Iniki

Hurricane Lane, ultimately, a low impact storm On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai, causing over $3 billion in damage and six deaths. It was the second and final named hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii since Hurricane Dot in 1959. Hawaiian landfalling hurricanes are historicall...

June 11, 2018

The Hidden Force of a Hurricane

Storm Surge and the Communities in its Crosshairs As summer approaches along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, residents prepare for the hurricane season ahead. The Atlantic hurricane season – June through November (though known to start as early as January in past years) – has devastated commun...

April 17, 2018

What is the purpose of Hazard HQ and who is it designed for?

Hazard HQ’s purpose is to arm our core audience of insurers, mortgage professionals, and media with information that allows them to make educated decisions that help people most effectively protect their homes, businesses, and families. Here at Hazard HQ™ you’ll find press releases, explanations ...

March 3, 2017

Earthquake Risk: Spotlight on Probabilistic Loss Modeling

Loss Estimation Requires More than Hazard Science Catastrophic risk models and analytics are commonly used by the insurance, reinsurance, financial and mortgage industries to help understand and quantify risk exposed to natural catastrophes including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires and...

October 19, 2015

The Winds of Change are Blowing

Technology Tracks Wind at the Property Level, Providing More Precise Data Everyone knows Chicago is the Windy City, or is it? According to new data released today by CoreLogic® that measures wind activity at the metro level, it turns out Jackson, MS, a city less than 15 percent the size of Chicag...