As storms and weather events become stronger and cause more property damage, experts at The Hartford discuss how building codes, technology and storm-hardening can make a difference.
After nine months, 2021 is already one of the most active and costliest years for weather events causing extensive damages – a trajectory that can overcome records set in 2020.
Compared to 2020, there haven’t been as many weather events this year. In 2020, there were 22 weather disasters. However, the 18 events in 2021 have already caused more damage than 2020 events. Disaster costs through the first nine months of 2021 was $104.8 billion – compared to the $95 billion in damages in 2020.