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The top 10 tornado-prone cities
CDS Business Mapping, LLC, a leader in online hazard mapping, today announced its list of the top 10 tornado-prone metro-areas. This list is based on the RiskMeter Online's Tornado Model, which predicts the severity of tornadoes for any location in the continental United States. According to a report just released by RiskMeter Online, the following top 10 tornado-prone metro-areas are as follows:
- Denver , CO*
- Houston, TX
- Miami, FL
- Hollywood, FL
- Tampa, FL
- Lincoln, IL
- Lakeland, FL
- Little Rock, AR
- Cape Coral, FL
- Oklahoma City, OK
*Not downtown, but a rural area to the northeast.
Tornado exposure has and will always be a consistent threat to insurers. According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in an average year the U.S. experiences 1,200 tornadoes, which kills 55 Americans, injures 1,500 and causes more than $400 million in damage.
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