Nearly 6.9 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts have the potential for storm surge damage with a total estimated reconstruction cost value (RCV) of more than $1.5 trillion.
But it’s the location of future storms that will be integral to understanding the potential for catastrophic damage, according to CoreLogic’s 2017 storm surge analysis.
That’s because some 67.3 percent of the 6.9 million at-risk homes and 68.6 percent of the more than $1.5 trillion total RCV is located within 15 major metropolitan areas.
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