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Thousands of Claims Originate from Severe Weather in Plains

Claims from the severe weather the Plains states experienced in mid April have quickly piled up.

By Chad Hemenway | Updated on April 25, 2012
Claims counts from severe weather in the Plains states in mid-April are quickly piling up. As of April 16, State Farm, the top insurer of property in the affected states, reported receiving more than 2,400 claims for tornado, hail and wind damage.

Meanwhile, American Family Insurance has logged 800 property claims and about 430 automobile claims, according to Stephen Witmer, a spokesman for the company. The National Weather Service reported 126 tornadoes touched down in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma Saturday and early Sunday. The count is not official, however.

Many of the tornadoes have been reported in isolated areas of rural Kansas—99 of the 126 tornado reports are from Kansas.Still, 29 homes in Kansas were classified by State Farm as uninhabitable. The insurer took 305 homeowners claims and 124 auto claims in Kansas, according to spokesman Jim Camoriano. Fifty of the vehicles can’t be driven. 

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