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March 2011

Top 10 States Most at Risk Of Disaster

4. New York

Michael Foran

Types of Disasters (2001-2010):
Terrorist attack, winter storms, severe weather, 4 hurricanes

Estimated Insured Property Loss: $21.5 billion


The horrible death toll and destruction of property in the 9/11 terrorist attack puts the Empire State in the top ten of states with the highest casualty losses of the last decade. But New York also has suffered its share of havoc wreaked from heavy snowfalls over the past two winters.


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