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Economic & Other Societal Impacts Related to
Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, & Other Weather Phenomena
Lightning
| Rank |
State |
Casualties per million people per year |
| 1 |
Wyoming |
7.21 |
| 2 |
New Mexico |
5.76 |
| 3 |
Florida |
4.91 |
| 4 |
Arkansas |
4.73 |
| 5 |
Colorado |
4.28 |
| 6 |
Mississippi |
3.47 |
| 7 |
Oklahoma |
3.31 |
| 8 |
Maine |
3.25 |
| 9 |
South Dakota |
3.21 |
| 10 |
North Carolina |
3.16 |
| 11 |
Tennessee |
3.09 |
| 12 |
South Carolina |
2.99 |
| 13 |
Idaho |
2.9 |
| 14 |
Kansas |
2.8 |
| 15 |
Utah |
2.51 |
| 16 |
New Hampshire |
2.5 |
| 17 |
Louisiana |
2.48 |
| 18 |
Montana |
2.41 |
| 19 |
Michigan |
2.31 |
| 20 |
Kentucky |
2.3 |
| 21 |
Iowa |
2.24 |
| 22 (tied) |
Alabama |
2.23 |
| 22 (tied) |
Georgia |
2.23 |
| 23 |
Delaware |
2.07 |
| 24 |
Nebraska |
2.02 |
| 25 |
Arizona |
1.93 |
| 26 |
Vermont |
1.8 |
| 27 |
Massachusetts |
1.75 |
| 28 |
Maryland |
1.74 |
| 29 |
West Virginia |
1.63 |
| 30 |
North Dakota |
1.53 |
| 31 |
Pennsylvania |
1.52 |
| 32 |
Wisconsin |
1.49 |
| 33 |
Rhode Island |
1.45 |
| 34 |
Ohio |
1.44 |
| 35 |
Virginia |
1.35 |
| 36 |
Indiana |
1.26 |
| 37 |
Minnesota |
1.21 |
| 38 |
Texas |
1.06 |
| 39 |
Missouri |
1 |
| 40 |
D.C. |
0.92 |
| 41 (tie) |
Illinois |
0.91 |
| 41 (tie) |
New York |
0.91 |
| 42 |
Connecticut |
0.82 |
| 43 |
Nevada |
0.76 |
| 44 |
New Jersey |
0.71 |
| 45 |
Puerto Rico |
0.44 |
| 46 |
Oregon |
0.31 |
| 47 |
Washington |
0.29 |
| 48 (tie) |
California |
0.1 |
| 48 (tie) |
Hawaii |
0.1 |
| 49 |
Alaska |
0 |
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