Source: Courtesy of KTVX News 4 Utah / NOAA / Wikimedia Commons
40. Utah
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 130
> Total damage since 1996: $175.9 million
> Total fatalities since 1950: 1
> Most destructive tornado on record: $170.0 million, on Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Photo: A tornado blows into downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 11, 1999, touching off an explosion at a power substation.
Source: National Weather Service, Caribou, Maine / Wikimedia Commons
39. Maine
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 134
> Total damage since 1996: $394,000
> Total fatalities since 1950: 1
> Most destructive tornado on record: $250,000, on Thursday, November 24, 2005
Photo: An aerial photo shows a swath of damage to trees from a tornado at Eagle Lake, Maine, on May 24, 2009.
Source: Damiano LoBasso / Getty Images
38. New Jersey
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 151
> Total damage since 1996: $12.9 million
> Total fatalities since 1950: 1
> Most destructive tornado on record: $4.2 million, on Friday, August 20, 1999
Photo: Lightning strikes New York City in photo taken from New Jersey side of Hudson River. The worst tornado to hit New Jersey caused $4.2 million in damage in August of 1999.
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37. West Virginia
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 152
> Total damage since 1996: $14.6 million
> Total fatalities since 1950: 3
> Most destructive tornado on record: $5.0 million, on Tuesday, June 02, 1998
Photo: Storm clouds loom over the autumn foliage of the Dolly Sods Wilderness area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia.
Source: Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty Images
36. Massachusetts
> Total unique tornadoes (1950 – 2018): 174
> Total damage since 1996: $243.5 million
> Total fatalities since 1950: 109
> Most destructive tornado on record: $227.6 million, on Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Photo: An onlooker eyes damage to cars and a building in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 2, 2011, after deadly tornadoes tore through Massachusetts.
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