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The deadliest tornado on record was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado which occurred in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. With a rating of at least F3 from the World Meteorological Organization and top winds estimated at greater than 200 mph (320 km/h), the tornado killed an estimated 1,300 people and injured at least 12,000 others.
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
That figure is inflated somewhat by 2011, when one of the costliest and deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded claimed the lives of at least 553 people, including more than 150 in one Missouri ...
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This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...
More than 1,000 tornadoes sprout up across the US in the average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. Track them here.
5 fatalities: Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 – Multiple long-track tornadoes crossed upstate New York
The WMO announced, for the first time, world records for the highest reported historical death tolls from cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms.