Although most tornadoes cause minimal injuries and fatalities, two tornado outbreaks in 2022 made NOAA's annual list of billion-dollar disasters. Here, an historic tornado touches down in northern Illinois. (Photo: Dan Ross/Adobe Stock) Although most tornadoes cause minimal injuries and fatalities, two tornado outbreaks in 2022 made NOAA's annual list of billion-dollar disasters. Here, an historic tornado touches down in northern Illinois. (Photo: Dan Ross/Adobe Stock)

There were more than 1,300 tornados in the United States in 2022, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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