There were 840 tornadoes in the United States last year, the second highest total on record, the National Weather Service reported Friday. The record is 907 tornadoes, recorded in 1984. There were relatively few fatalities in 1989, however, the Weather Service said. There were 48 deaths attributed to twisters, well below the 83 fatalities in an average year. Alabama suffered the most 1989 deaths with 21, according to the report. There were 9 deaths in New York, 5 in North Carolina, 4 in Georgia, 3 in Florida, 2 each in Louisiana and South Carolina and 1 each in Tennessee and Texas.
