These Two Montana Cities Are Among the Safest in the U.S. for Natural Disasters

I think it's safe to say that no one wants to live in a place that is susceptible to natural disasters. Yet, there are places all over the U.S. where they can occur.

The U.S. has some areas that are more prone to specific natural disasters. For example, you don't hear about tornadoes hitting other areas of the world too often. The U.S. has topography that makes tornadoes more likely than any other place around the world, according to Britannica.com.

Montana deals with its own types of issues. We deal with wildfires and occasional flooding. Last summer, Montana was hit with multiple big wind events that set records for the strength of the storms and for the destruction they caused. In 20022 saw record flooding around Yellowstone National Park.

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The good news is events like this don't happen too often here. We also have two Montana cities that rank as some of the safest cities in the nation when it comes to natural disasters.

According to HomeGnome.com, Billings and Missoula are some of the safest cities in the country for natural disasters. Billings ranks 23rd and Missoula comes in at 36 on their ranking.

To get the rankings they looked at 5 categories, like vulnerable population and infrastructure, response and recovery, and evacuation transport. They also took into account each city's risk of 18 natural hazards according to FEMA's Natural Risk Index. In all, they ranked 477 cities in the country.

The safest city in the report is Lynchburg, Virginia. The most unsafe city in the report is Hemet, California.