Sunday's tornadoes that
ripped through the Dallas metro area are expected to be the 11th billion-dollar
weather disaster of 2019 in the United States. The Insurance Council of Texas
estimated some $2 billion in losses due to the 10 tornadoes that touched down in North Texas from
about 9 to 11 p.m. CDT Sunday night, the Dallas Morning News reported. The
first in that series of tornadoes was an EF3, which tore an almost 16-mile-long path in
just over 30 minutes through the northern side of Dallas County. The National
Weather Service said it had maximum estimated winds of 140 mph. If combined
insured losses from all 10 tornadoes reach that $2 billion estimate, it would be
the costliest severe weather event in North Texas history, Camille Garcia, a
spokeswoman for the Insurance Council of Texas, told the Dallas Morning News. In
fact, she called $2 billion a "pretty conservative estimate" because
the twisters didn't just damage or destroy homes in the area – they also caused
damage to commercial properties in North Dallas. Sunday night's EF3 was the
strongest tornado in Dallas County since a deadly EF4 tore through Sunnyvale,
Garland and Rowlett on Dec. 26, 2015. That twister caused $1.2 billion in
insured losses, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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