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The 10 U.S. metro areas at the highest risk of storm surge [Ranked]

CoreLogic examines residential property risk from hurricane-driven storm surge in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

By Melissa Hillebrand | Updated on June 19, 2015

More than 6.6 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of hurricane storm surge floods, according to a new CoreLogic report. And should disaster strike, the price to reconstruct those homes will cost nearly $1.5 trillion.

Regionally, the Atlantic Coast has more than 3.8 million homes at risk of storm surge in 2015, with a reconstruction cost value of $939 billion, and the Gulf Coast has just under 2.8 million homes at risk, priced at $549 billion.

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