【World Property Journal】10 Percent of All U.S. Homes Impacted by Natural Disasters in 2021

According to CoreLogic's latest 2021 Climate Change Catastrophe Report, over 14.5 million U.S. homes, or about 1 in 10 U.S. residential properties, were impacted by hurricane, wildfire, winter storm or severe weather in 2021.

Wildfires

According to CoreLogic's report, there was $1.46 billion of property damage was caused from wildfires, impacting over 4,100 properties in 2021.

Between long-duration dry conditions and extreme heat, the number of wildfires each year is increasing -- and 2021 was no exception. The Dixie Fire became the second largest wildfire in California history, scorching nearly one million acres and over 1,200 structures in its path. Surrounding homes were impacted and continue to recover from severe smoke and ash damage.

Severe Weather

In 2021, severe weather accounted for $7.46 billion in U.S. property damage.

Every year, hundreds of tornadoes, hailstorms and straight-line wind events occur across the U.S. While late in the year for severe storm losses, the Midwest tornado outbreak on December 10 and 11, 2021 was the deadliest December outbreak on record.

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