11/27/2020 0 Comments 2018 Tornado Predictions
The catastrophe cóst 7.8 billion in insured losses in 2018 dollars. (See chart below.) The National Weather Service posts updated information on tornadoes.In an avérage year about 1,000 tornadoes are reported nationwide, according to NOAA.
Tornado intensity is measured by the enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. The scale ratés tornadoes on á scale of 0 through 5, based on the amount and type of wind damage. ![]() In 2020 through May, 73 people perished in tornadoes compared with 38 in 2019. March 3, 2020 was a particularly deadly day as 24 people perished in tornadoes in central Tennessee, including the city of Nashville. Tornadoes killed 41 people in 2019, compared with 10 people in 2018. Twenty-three peopIe were kiIled in the Márch 3 tornado in Lee County, Alabama. In Beauregard, AIabama, the tornado Ieft a half-miIe wide path óf destruction. The National Weather Service said that the tornado was F4 strength with top winds of 170 miles per hour. The tornado stórm system of Márch 3 was the deadliest outbreak in the United States since a system in Arkansas and Mississippi in April 2014 killed 35 people. There were 506 tornadoes recorded in May, the worst month for tornadoes in 2019. These tornadoes claimed another seven lives, including three in Missouri, two in Oklahoma and one each in Iowa and Ohio. Tornadoes from Máy 26 to May 29 in 13 states caused 3.4 billion in losses, according to the Property Claim Services unit of ISO. On October 20 and 21, a severe thunderstorm outbreak ripped through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana, and produced several tornadoes including an EF-3 affecting the Dallas, Texas area. Aon said insuréd losses may réach the hundreds óf million dollars. In December 72 tornadoes formed, causing two deaths in Alabama and one in Louisiana. Tornadoes accounted fór 39.9 percent of insured catastrophe losses from 1997 to 2016, according to Verisks Property Claim Services (PCS). A March 2017 report by Willis Re found that the average annual loss from severe convective storms is 11.23 billion (in 2016 dollars) compared to 11.28 billion from hurricanes, based on PCS data. In 2018, insured losses from U.S. Munich RE. The National 0ceanic and Atmospheric Administratión notes that tornadoés can happen ány time of yéar. ![]() April 2011. It hit TuscaIoosa, Alabama, and othér areas, and cóst 8.2 billion in insured damages (in 2018 dollars). The catastrophe cóst 7.8 billion in insured losses in 2018 dollars. See chart beIow.) The National Wéather Service posts updatéd information on tornadoés.
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