SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Secondary impacts of tornado damage often result from damage to infrastructure. Downed power and communications transmission lines, coupled with disruptions to transportation, create difficulties in reporting and responding to emergencies. These indirect impacts of a tornado put tremendous strain on a community. In the immediate aftermath, the focus is on emergency services. Since 1988, damaging tornadoes in the County are directly responsible for over $370 million worth of damage to property, and $25,000 worth of damage to crops, according to NCEI data. Table 4.116 through Table 4.120 detail the estimated buildings impacted from tornado events of magnitudes ranging from EF0 to EF4. Note that these tables provide an estimate of building damages should all exposed property be impacted by an event of the stated magnitude. Actual damages resulting from a tornado event of each magnitude would be lower because the event would impact only a fraction of the county.
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 222
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