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Economic & Other Societal Impacts Related to
Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, & Other Weather Phenomena
Lightning
| Rank |
State |
Damage reports per million people per year |
| 1 |
South Dakota |
17.77 |
| 2 |
Kansas |
14.17 |
| 3 |
Nebraska |
11.36 |
| 4 |
Idaho |
10.17 |
| 5 |
Vermont |
8.79 |
| 6 |
Oklahoma |
8.3 |
| 7 |
Arkansas |
7.67 |
| 8 |
Wyoming |
7.35 |
| 9 |
South Carolina |
6.88 |
| 10 |
New Hampshire |
6.78 |
| 11 |
Maine |
6.52 |
| 12 |
North Dakota |
6.34 |
| 13 |
Iowa |
5.71 |
| 14 |
Tennessee |
5.01 |
| 15 |
North Carolina |
4.82 |
| 16 |
Kentucky |
4.62 |
| 17 |
Delaware |
4.09 |
| 18 |
Rhode Island |
3.61 |
| 19 |
Georgia |
3.56 |
| 20 (tie) |
Pennsylvania |
3.42 |
| 20 (tie) |
Colorado |
3.42 |
| 21 |
Montana |
3.31 |
| 22 |
Maryland |
3.16 |
| 23 |
Wisconsin |
3.15 |
| 24 |
Massachusetts |
2.97 |
| 25 |
Minnesota |
2.88 |
| 26 |
Virginia |
2.69 |
| 27 |
Michigan |
2.57 |
| 28 |
Connecticut |
2.5 |
| 29 |
Mississippi |
2.4 |
| 30 |
Utah |
2.32 |
| 31 |
Louisiana |
2.28 |
| 32 |
West Virginia |
2.21 |
| 33 |
Alabama |
2.18 |
| 34 |
Indiana |
1.86 |
| 35 |
Oregon |
1.79 |
| 36 |
New York |
1.58 |
| 37 |
Missouri |
1.48 |
| 38 |
Texas |
1.47 |
| 39 |
Florida |
1.45 |
| 40 |
New Mexico |
1.25 |
| 41 |
Ohio |
1.09 |
| 42 |
Illinois |
1.04 |
| 43 |
Arizona |
0.99 |
| 44 |
D.C. |
0.56 |
| 45 |
Hawaii |
0.45 |
| 46 |
Nevada |
0.44 |
| 47 |
Washington |
0.41 |
| 48 |
New Jersey |
0.38 |
| 49 |
Alaska |
0.23 |
| 50 |
California |
0.07 |
| 51 |
Puerto Rico |
0.05 |
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