Plaquemines, Louisiana, has earned the unfortunate distinction as being the riskiest place in the U.S. for property owners due to natural disaster damage.
Plaquemines was cited in CoreLogic’s latest Climate Risk Analytics report, which tracked natural disaster threats and number crunched that data with its proprietary analytics to determine the impact of natural hazards and climate risks on residential and commercial properties.
According to CoreLogic, the top 10 places most at risk for property damage from natural disasters in 2023 are:
- Plaquemines, Louisiana — (Primary Risks: Hurricane, Inland Flood)
- Jefferson, Louisiana — (Primary Risks: Hurricane, Inland Flood)
- Monroe, Florida — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- McMullen, Texas — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
- Orleans, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Lincoln, West Virginia — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
- Camas, Idaho — (Primary Risk: Wildfire)
- Van Buren, Iowa — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
- Crockett, Texas — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
- Carter, Missouri — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
CoreLogic also forecasted the riskiest places in the year 2050 if one assumed that current climate issues are not drastically addressed:
- Plaquemines, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Jefferson, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Monroe, Florida — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Orleans, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Camas, Idaho — (Primary Risk: Wildfire)
- Saint Bernard, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- McMullen, Texas — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
- Cameron, Louisiana — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Hancock, Mississippi — (Primary Risk: Hurricane)
- Lincoln, West Virginia — (Primary Risk: Inland Flood)
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