Severe Weather
In most years, the greatest economic loss entailed in North Carolina is due to severe weather spawned by summer thunderstorms. These storms affect limited areas, with their hail and wind accounting for an average annual loss of over US$5 million. North Carolina is outside the main tornado development region of the United States known as tornado alley, but still averages two to three per year. They occur mostly east of the Mountains during early spring.
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