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Top 10 Cities Most Vulnerable to Flooding in 2023 - Insurify

Floods are one of the most devastating natural disasters in the U.S. They can destroy communities and leave homeowners with costly repairs, especially in cities that are prone to hurricanes and other flood-related phenomena. In fact, a single inch of water in your home can cause $25,000

Sand Dune Disaster: $500K Washed Away in MA | Insurify

An investment of over $500,000 by the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to restore its sand dunes and protect the community from battering tides is gone, swallowed by a pair of record storms over 72 hours in early March. Salisbury’s experience may seem extreme, but it’s far from

Flood Payouts to Rhode Island Homeowners Were 417 Times Higher in 2023 | Insurify

Severe flooding caused the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to pay out $4.6 million to Rhode Island homeowners in 2023, findings show. That figure is 417 times higher than the $11,000 paid for flood claims in the state in 2019. Rhode Island experienced more than 50 major flood

The Most and Least Climate-Resilient Cities for Homeowners | Insurify

Once relatively foreseeable, the cost of homeownership is becoming harder for homeowners to predict as insurance premiums increase. Insurify projects a 6% increase in U.S. home insurance rates by the end of 2024 — but homeowners in states with high climate risks, like Louisiana and South Carolina, could see double-

Different States, Same Problem: A Home Insurance Crisis | Insurify

The U.S. has more than 95,000 miles of shoreline — and every inch of it is at risk of climate-change-driven storm damage, flooding, and erosion. California and Florida — two of the largest, most populous, and economically robust states — account for 3.5% and 8.8% of the

Nearly 33M Coastal Homes at Risk From ‘Very Active’ Hurricane Season, Report Says | Insurify

Hurricane season is here, and more than 32.7 million homes on the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts are at risk from hurricane damage. If the almost unimaginable happened and all sustained catastrophic damage, it would cost nearly $11 trillion to rebuild them, according to a new report by

Severe Flood Risk Threatens Over One-Third of Global Population, Report Finds | Insurify

Recent hurricanes Helene and Milton poured trillions of gallons of rainwater across multiple states, causing catastrophic flooding. But the problem of increasingly elevated flood risk isn’t unique to the U.S. Changing weather patterns, population movement, and other factors affecting inland and coastal waters expose 3 in 10 people