Tornado losses in the United states

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Damage; Insurance; Risk management; Tornadoes; United States

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE; GOVERNMENT RECORDS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OKLAHOMA; STORM DAMAGE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TORNADO DAMAGE; UNITED STATES; UPWARD TREND;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; FLOODS; HURRICANES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS;

TORNADOES;

ANNUAL REVIEW; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; STORM DAMAGE; TEMPORAL RECORD; TORNADO;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350064452     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:4(145)     Document Type: Article

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