Natural Hazard

July 21, 2021

Where is a House, Really?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to geospatial and location expert Matt Karli. He unravels the complicated question of "where?"--and reveals how location intelligence can even save lives.

June 23, 2021

How Do Communities Recover from Climate Disasters?

A Conversation with Justin Roberts and Hank Barbe Hurricane season kicked off on June 1, and 2021 is projected to be another above-normal year. Last year, Hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated the Louisiana coastline. Lake Charles, Louisiana, was hit exceptionally hard, but in spite of the devasta...

June 21, 2021

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According to the Climate Change Catastrophe Report from CoreLogic®, 2020 was the sixth year in a row that property damage from record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes caused more than $1 billion in damages. And with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projecti...

April 23, 2021

5 Reasons Why Damages in Texas Were So Drastic

As climate change continues to increase the severity of natural catastrophe events, housing infrastructure across the nation is being challenged on a routine basis. In February 2021, a severe winter storm brought frigid arctic air and dangerously cold winds into the Mississippi Valley region. Mor...

April 22, 2021

Climate Change Unpacked: What Caused the Texas Freeze?

As climate change continues to alter our atmosphere, extreme weather is becoming a more frequent occurrence across the world. From February 14 to 18, 2021, much of the U.S. experienced one of the coldest snaps on record. The National Weather Service reported frigid Arctic air and dangerously cold...

April 1, 2021

Nearly 10,000 Homes Likely Impacted by Alabama, Georgia Tornado Out...

March 25, 2021, will be remembered as a tragic day across Alabama: one of high-impact, exceptionally long-tracked tornadoes resulting in 5 lives lost and an estimated excess of 9,000 properties damaged. As projected by the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms began by midday and became ...

March 29, 2021

Severe Weather Outbreaks in the South

Figure 1:  Alabama Tornado Outbreaks Sources: National Weather Service damage paths for the 2011 event and CoreLogic Tornado Verification Technology algorithm for the 2021 events. © 2021 CoreLogic,Inc., All rights reserved. It’s the middle of tornado season for the South. A week after a torn...

March 22, 2021

Alabama Tornado Outbreaks of March 17, 2021 and April 27, 2011

March 22, 2021 | 4:05pm CT The March 17, 2021 Alabama tornado outbreak was a high-risk event. Another notable high-risk event over Alabama was April 27, 2011, an event known as the 2011 Super Outbreak. That event produced 216 tornadoes, including 11 EF4 and 4 EF5 tornadoes, and was responsible fo...

March 17, 2021

Severe Weather Outbreak in the Southeast U.S

A significant severe weather and tornado outbreak will occur today, Wednesday, March 17th across portions of the Southeast United States. A strong upper level storm system moving into the Southern Plains has drawn rich low level moisture northward across portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana...

February 24, 2021

How Loss Simulations Can Prepare Energy, Utility, and Communication...

The year 2020 was particularly active when it comes to natural hazard and catastrophic risks posed to property. We witnessed a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Greece, record-breaking wildfires in California, and the most active hurricane season on record. While much of the news focused on ...

February 19, 2021

February Extreme Winter Storm

With the central U.S. winter storm now freezing a large portion of the country, CoreLogic looks further into the effects of this storm. Our first discussion focused on the temperature anomaly – the deviation of the cold temperatures this week from the normal temperatures. Leveraging the Pivotal W...

January 27, 2021

Alabama Tornado

Tornado season has arrived in the southeastern United States, as a powerful storm system brought destructive weather to the mid-South and central Gulf Coast region earlier this week. Late in the evening of January 25, the northern suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, were heavily damaged when a strong...