Source: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images
10. Alabama
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 2,216
> Total damage since 1996: $7.07 billion
> Total fatalities since 1950: 793
> Most destructive tornado on record: $2.45 billion, on Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Photo: An overturned car is part of devastating aftermath of tornado outbreak in Alabama in 2011 that killed 300 people.
Source: Courtesy of National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi
9. Mississippi
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 2,272
> Total damage since 1996: $2.50 billion
> Total fatalities since 1950: 672
> Most destructive tornado on record: $501.0 million, on Monday, April 04, 2011
Photo: Aftermath of damage to homes in Petal, Mississippi, from a twister on Jan. 21, 2017, that killed four people in the southern part of the state.
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8. Missouri
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 2,374
> Total damage since 1996: $3.81 billion
> Total fatalities since 1950: 429
> Most destructive tornado on record: $2.80 billion, on Sunday, May 22, 2011
Photo: Sheared-off trees that collected debris from a school in Joplin, Missouri, bear witness to a 200-mph tornado on May 22, 2011.
Source: Jon Durr / Getty Images
7. Illinois
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 2,558
> Total damage since 1996: $1.67 billion
> Total fatalities since 1950: 232
> Most destructive tornado on record: $935.2 million, on Sunday, November 17, 2013
Photo: Lightning generated from a tornadic supercell strikes outside of Joliet, Illinois, on June 22, 2015.
Source: Photo by Eric Francis / Getty Images
6. Iowa
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 2,614
> Total damage since 1996: $1.39 billion
> Total fatalities since 1950: 89
> Most destructive tornado on record: $750.0 million, on Friday, July 23, 2010
Photo: Galen Zumbach looks over what remains of his house in Creston, Iowa, after the town was hit by a tornado on April 15, 2012.
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