Tennessee tornadoes during March and April have brought nearly 30,000 insurance claims from policy holders seeking to recover from damages to homes, cars, businesses and other properties.
Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Hodgen Mainda said Thursday that the Easter night storms that ripped through Chattanooga and claimed 11 lives across the region have brought hundreds of million of dollars of property damage claims.
As of May 1, 13,349 insurance claims have been filed from policy holders in Southeast Tennessee due to the April 12-13 storms, which included seven tornadoes and winds up to 145 miles per hour. Hundreds of persons, especially in the East Brainerd and Ooltewah areas, were displaced from the homes when their houses became uninhabitable due to storm damages and thousands of others have suffered damages to vehicles, businesses and other properties.
The Chattanooga tornadoes came less than six weeks after a series of six tornadoes hit Middle Tennessee, claiming 24 lives and bringing a torrid of 16,263 insurance claims for property damages.
Mainda said claims adjusters are still calculating the projected costs to repair damaged properties and what insurers will pay out in coverage.