SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Severe weather can also cause significant agricultural losses. Between 2007-2023, the sum of claims paid for crop damage due to hail and wind damages in Wake County was $1,442,272.26, or an average of $84,839.54 in losses every year. Table 4.108 summarizes the crop losses due to drought in reported in the RMA system. Table 4.108 – Crop Losses Resulting from Severe Weather, 2007-2023 Year Cause Description Determined Acres Indemnity Amount 2007 Hail 137.10 $263,755.00 2008 Hail 25.80 $61,333.00 2009 Hail 91.78 $133,582.00 2012 Hail 16.56 $11,728.00 2015 Hail 33.10 $34,456.00 2016 Hail 382.98 $132,304.30 2017 Hail 202.71 $198,752.00 2019 Hail 14.46 $34,996.99 2020 Hail 134.328 $356,122.4 2023 Hail 10 $17,392.6 Hail Subtotal 1,048.82 $835,910.30 2012 Wind/Excess Wind 16.50 $13,756.00 2014 Wind/Excess Wind 7.92 $12,110.40 2015 Wind/Excess Wind 9.62 $21,951.00 2016 Wind/Excess Wind 174.55 $401,954.45 2018 Wind/Excess Wind 32.412 $ 50,828.40 2019 Wind/Excess Wind 24.75 $ 1,637.11 2020 Wind/Excess Wind 74.4 $ 53,439.60 2023 Wind/Excess Wind 40.4 $ 50,685.00 Wind Subtotal 380.52 $606,361.96 TOTAL 1,429.37 $1,442,272.26 Source: USDA Risk Management Agency ENVIRONMENT The main environmental impact from wind is damage to trees or crops. Wind events can also bring down power lines, which could cause a fire and result in even greater environmental impacts. Lightning may also result in the ignition of wildfires. This is part of a natural process, however, and the environment will return to its original state in time. Hail can cause extensive damage to the natural environment, pelting animals, trees and vegetation with hailstones. Melting hail can also increase both river and flash flood risk.
CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS
Table 4.109 summarizes the potential negative consequences of severe weather. Table 4.109 – Consequence Analysis – Severe Weather (Thunderstorm Winds, Lightning, and Hail) Category Consequences Public Injuries; fatalities Responders Injuries; fatalities; potential impacts to response capabilities due to storm impacts
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
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