Climate Change Catastrophe Report

More than 14.5 million single- and multifamily homes were impacted by natural disasters in 2021, causing an estimated $56.92 billion in property damage, according to CoreLogic’s 2021 Climate Change Catastrophe report. The report analyzed thirteen “major hazard events” of 2021– including hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, and winter storms– and 120 million residential structures in the U.S. The findings show significant damage to residential properties and increased economic instability in impacted areas. For example, damage from Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, resulted in delinquency rates rising from 7.4% before the storm to 13.3% the following month. “By leveraging granular data for the increasing frequency and severity of catastrophes, we are able to see that more than 14.5 million homes were impacted to…