Severe Weather Risk

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 23, 2021

4 Ways for Insurers to Reduce Losses During Severe Storms

Managing Overall Loss Cost While Keeping Customer Satisfaction High BY PASCAL BEGIN AND SAUMI SHOKRAEE INSURANCE, NATURAL HAZARD With the nation grappling from a seemingly endless array of severe weather events like tornadoes, hail and extreme wind, it is more important than e...

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 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...

July 6, 2020

Understanding Risk in a Decade of Natural Catastrophes

July 6, 2020 Maiclaire Bolton Smith Sr. Leader of Research & Content In the past 10 years, the U.S. has seen 121 events produce damage in excess of $1 billion. Globally, this escalates with many more events around the world. From major hurricanes and floods, to annual severe weather, devastat...