| Top 10 Costliest U.S. Catastrophes Involving Tornadoes (1) |
($ millions)
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Estimated insured loss (2) |
| Rank |
Date |
Location |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2018 dollars (3) |
| 1 |
Apr. 22-28, 2011 |
AL, AR, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, OK, TN,
TX, VA |
$7,300 |
$8,210 |
| 2 |
May 20-27, 2011 |
AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, NC,
NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI |
6,900 |
7,760 |
| 3 |
May 2-11, 2003 |
AL, AR, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MO, MS,
NC, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN |
3,205 |
4,283 |
| 4 |
May 26-29, 2019 |
CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK,
PA, WY |
2,835 |
2,835 |
| 5 |
Oct. 4-6, 2010 |
AZ |
2,700 |
3,100 |
| 6 |
May 8-11, 2017 |
CO, MO, NM, OK, TX |
2,507 |
3,041 |
| 7 |
Mar. 2-3, 2012 |
AL, GA, IN, KY, OH, TN |
2,500 |
2,758 |
| 8 |
Apr 28-29, 2012 |
IL, IN, KY, MO, TX |
2,500 |
2,758 |
| 9 |
Apr. 6-12, 2001 |
AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE,
OH, OK, PA, TX |
2,200 |
2,563 |
| 10 |
Apr. 3-5, 2011 |
GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, MO, NC, SC, TN, WI |
2,000 |
2,249 |
(1) Based on data through November 20, 2019.
(2) Property coverage only. In addition to losses due to tornadoes themselves, amounts may include losses due to hail, wind and flooding during the same event.
(3) Adjusted for inflation through 2018 by the Insurance Information Institute using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: The Property Claim Services庐 (PCS庐) unit of ISO庐, a Verisk Analytics庐 company; Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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