There have been no reports of substantial structural damage from the wild winter storm that hit the US and Canada last week, catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide says.

Winter storm Nemo, which hit on February 8 and 9, brought deep snow, high winds and a “significant” storm surge along the New England coast, affecting around 40 million people.

AIR Worldwide Principal Scientist Tim Doggett says the impact of the surge “was heightened by the fact that it coincided with the monthly high tides”.

The storm hit the eastern US seaboard from New York City to Portland, Maine, while also bringing heavy snow and high winds inland across Connecticut and Rhode Island and into Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire.

AIR Worldwide says structural damage was limited by a number of factors, including a lack of previous snowfall and the “low density” of the snow, which minimised the weight of the snow pack. The sustained winds were also lower than forecast.