In fact, over 98% of natural disaster-related deaths in Ethiopia are due to drought. Malawi. Counties in a high risk tornado area include Lincoln County, TN, Davidson County, TN and Franklin County, TN.The largest tornado on record occurred on 04/16/1998, measuring a 5 … Tennessee averages 18 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 5 fatalities. The region also sees “weak tornadoes — more frequently than one might think. Although the central United States has the world's highest concentration of tornadoes, the storms occur on every continent except Antarctica. Advertisement Malawi is a country found in East Africa. The most common natural disasters experienced in Ethiopia include drought and flooding. Only four tornadoes since 1950 have caused casualties in the city. Second is Canada with about 100. The United States averages about 1,200 tornadoes per year. It also has the most violent tornadoes (about 10 to 20 per year). After the contiguous United States and Canada, the areas that experience the most tornadoes are central Asia, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Tornado Information for Tennessee. The United Kingdom has the most tornadoes per land size, most of them weak. England. The Country with the Most Tornadoes The United States experiences the most tornadoes per year with over 1,000 per year occurring in the country. But as in Florida, they're sired by nonsupercell storms and … In absolute numbers, the United States has the most tornadoes by far (more than 1,000 per year have been reported every year since 1990). 14 Springfield, Illinois “That’s mostly because those areas are among the most densely populated areas in the country,” Rogers says. The United Kingdom gets more than 30 tornadoes a year, which per unit area compares with the Great Plains. With an average of 1,253 tornadoes per year, the United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country in the world by a fairly large margin, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Most of these tornadoes occur in Tornado Alley, a region of the United States between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains. Tornado activity in the area doesn’t seem to affect the industry too adversely. There have been numerous tornadoes in Lancaster County, and most of the deadliest have been within 10 miles of downtown Lincoln. On average, about 33 tornadoes are reported annually there. Many people think of the central plains area, referred to as Tornado Alley, as the most active area for the deadly storms, but part of the Southeast has a higher frequency of strong tornadoes… The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean hosts three countries that get hit often, including some of the most intense cyclones on Earth. The terrible famine that was experienced in the country in the mid-1980s is partially blamed on drought. 3. Five Asian countries made the top 10 of this list. The US records by far more tornadoes than any other country, at over 1,200 tornadoes per year. Most of its tornadoes happen in three of its provinces—Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario but the strongest tornado in the country’s history, an F5, occurred in Elie, Manitoba on June 22nd, 2007. The Netherlands has the highest average number of recorded tornadoes per area of any country (more than 20, or 0.0013 per sq mi (0.00048 per km2), annually), followed by the UK (around 33, or 0.00035 per sq mi (0.00013 per km2), per year),[63][64] but most are small and cause minor damage. By the numbers: Texas saw the highest average annual number of tornadoes between 1991-2010 with 155, per a NOAA analysis.. 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