© Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via APDamage to Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana church, bottom, on Walnut Hill and homes behind it is seen in an aerial view of tornado damage on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Dallas.
The nine tornadoes that hit the Dallas, Texas-area over the weekend have caused an estimated $2 billion in damage, an insurer trade group says, making it the costliest tornado loss in Texas history.
The Insurance Council of Texas noted that the previous highest tornado-related loss occurred as the result of the Garland/Rowlett tornado of Dec. 26, 2015, which caused insured losses of $1.2 billion dollars. Sunday's tornadoes, however, extended over a wider geographic span impacting a variety of homes and commercial property, the ICT said.
Commercial and business losses are still being estimated but ICT said it is thought that more than 30,000 auto and home claims will be filed as a result of the Oct. 20 tornado outbreak.
Clean up has already started in many areas to remove debris and damaged vehicles.
The insurance industry mobilized claims operations centers in the field with Farmers, State Farm and USAA meeting customers in the Lowes parking lot on Forest Lane and Inwood Road while Allstate and Nationwide set up mobile operations on Forest and 635. Both mobile centers provide another way for customers to file claims and ask questions about the claims process.
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The Dallas tornadoes are expected to be the 11th billion-dollar weather disaster of 2019 reports the Weather Channel: