The latest Global Catastrophe Recap report from London-based Aon Benfield reveals that multiple severe weather outbreaks during January in the United States killed 27 people and caused economic losses of more the $1 billion. Insured losses were in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tornadoes, storms
The most prolific event occurred during the second half of the month, most heavily impacting the states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Thousands of homes, businesses and other structures were damaged or destroyed, and states of emergency were declared in Mississippi and Georgia.
The U.S. National Weather Service preliminarily confirmed that at least 130 tornadoes touched down during the month — the highest number of January tornadoes since 1999, when 212 tornadoes touched down.
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