Over 800,000 Homes at Risk With Hurricane Idalia: CoreLogic Estimate

Hurricane Idalia may endanger over 800,000 homes with a reconstruction cost in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Oyster farmer Tyler Hofe's view of Tropical Storm Idalia from his home in Avon Village, N.C. on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks on Aug. 31, 2023. Courtesy of Tyler Hofe

The destruction caused by Hurricane Idalia could affect over 800,000 dwellings along the Florida Gulf Coast.

CoreLogic, the property analytics data service, released an estimate on Aug. 29 that the reconstruction could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.