| Top 15 Metropolitan Areas By Storm Surge Risk, 2018 (1) |
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| R²¹²Ô°ì |
Metropolitan area |
Number of homes at risk of storm surge |
Reconstruction value (2) ($ millions) |
| 1 |
Miami, FL |
788,679 |
$156,109.6 |
| 2 |
New York, NY |
726,048 |
277,316.5 |
| 3 |
Tampa, FL |
459,082 |
79,154.9 |
| 4 |
New Orleans, LA |
395,975 |
95,278.1 |
| 5 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
389,938 |
90,904.8 |
| 6 |
Fort Myers, FL |
318,950 |
63,465.1 |
| 7 |
Houston, TX |
284,622 |
57,652.7 |
| 8 |
Bradenton, FL |
254,535 |
49,231.4 |
| 9 |
Naples, FL |
186,100 |
39,684.0 |
| 10 |
Jacksonville, FL |
171,332 |
38,495.4 |
| 11 |
Philadelphia, PA |
165,300 |
41,317.6 |
| 12 |
Charleston, SC |
149,900 |
37,938.3 |
| 13 |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
128,155 |
22,792.7 |
| 14 |
Boston, MA |
126,263 |
34,937.3 |
| 15 |
Beaumont, TX |
121,379 |
21,026.7 |
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Total, 15 metropolitan areas |
4,666,258 |
$1,105,305.0 |
(1) Includes homes at risk from extreme to low storm surge.
(2) Represents the cost to completely rebuild including labor and materials by geographic location.
Source: CoreLogic, Inc., a data and analytics company. |
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