Compared with other States, Georgia
ranks number 14 for frequency of Tornadoes, 14 for number of deaths, 10 for
injuries and 4 for cost of damages. When we compare these statistics to other
States by the frequency per square mile, Georgia ranks, number 19 for the
frequency of tornadoes, number 15 for fatalities, number 14 for injuries per
area and number 5 for costs per area. Based on data from 1950 - 1995.
Georgia in 1970 had a population of 4,587,930 and between 1950 and 1995 had
910 tornadoes. This ranks the State number 14 in tornadoes by State. The
population in 1970 divided by the number of tornadoes equals 5,042 This ranks
Georgia number 19 in the ratio of tornadoes to population. Georgia had 111
fatalities between 1950 and 1995. Compared to other states it ranked 14 The risk
of death in any one year is 1 in 1,859,972 This ranks Georgia as number 15 for
the risk of death by tornado . Between 1950 and 1995 the state had 2,714
injuries involving tornadoes. This ranks the state number 10 among the States
for injury. The risk of injury in any one year is one in 76,071 When we divide
the population by the number of injuries, the State ranks number 15 The total
cost of tornadoes between 1950 and 1995 was $1,128,631,040.00 This ranks the
state number 4 The cost per person for tornadoes, in the state per year, is $
5.47 This ranks the State number 9 In costs for tornadoes per person We
encourage you to post your tornado stories, questions, updates, reports on our
Georgia message
board. Visit our Georgia Disaster Center
Page during any disaster for links to the best internet disaster resources
for the State of Georgia. For national disaster information and links to the
hundreds of web pages on our site visit our index page. Our
special Tornado pages can be reached through The Disaster Center Tornado
page.