In just four months, Tennessee experienced eight disasters that caused more than $1 billion in damage.

Each event was considered a “severe storm,” defined as thunderstorms that produce tornadoes, damaging winds or large hail.

In early April, tornadoes and a nearly weeklong downpour spread destruction across the state. Clarksville set a new record for a five-day rainfall. The Nashville area ultimately got 161 tornado, thunderstorm and flash flood warnings in two weeks.

In February, a severe storm system with tornadoes moved through the Southeast, killing two people in Tennessee. There were three events in March, two in May and another in June, according to Climate Central, which is now housing the data after the Trump administration ordered the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra

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