The tornadoes and storms that swept through Southeast Tennessee on Easter night toppled or damaged more than 6,200 homes and commercial buildings and left more than 1,300 cars in need of repair, according to initial insurance claims filed in the first week after the April 12-13 storms.
More than 8,200 insurance claims have been filed so far for property and vehicle damages from last weeks storms, the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance said Monday.
The National Weather Service said seven tornadoes ripped through parts of Hamilton and Bradley counties with winds of up to 145 miles last week.
The storms in the region claimed at least 11 lives and injured scores of others, while displacing at least 450 people from more than 1,000 homes and apartments severely damaged from the tornadoes.
Including damages in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama, it is likely that more than 10,000 structures and vehicles suffered damages from the storms in the Chattanooga region.