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The most devastating event was the Huntsville, Alabama F4 tornado, which killed 21 on the afternoon of November 15. Nine more fatalities occurred at a single elementary school by an F1 tornado on November 16 in Newburgh, New York , although further survey revealed that this might have been a downburst instead.
This tornado also injured hundreds more at schools, and killed many students returning home from schools. Additionally, three of the top ten events by death toll, and four if separate schools of the same tornado are counted (33 in De Soto and 25 in Murphysboro again from the Tri-State Tornado), have occurred in Illinois.
The tornado then demolished the Plainfield School District Administration building, where the wife of a custodian was killed. [10] St. Mary Immaculate Church and School The tornado completely destroyed the church and school, killing the principal of the school, a music teacher, and the son of the cook at the rectory. [11]
The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 is estimated to have killed at least 255 people and injured more than 1,000 on May 27, 1896, as it wreaked havoc across the St. Louis, Missouri, area.
The tornado that destroyed a small city in the Texas Panhandle and killed three people claimed the life of a woman whose daughter-in-law said she was "an angel on earth."
Damage caused by the 1983 Los Angeles tornado This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The U.S. state of California experiences several tornadoes every year, with at least 489 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...
In May 1999, an F5 tornado struck Moore and killed 36 people. Tornadoes also hit the city in May 2003 and May 2010 , with the May 2010 tornado rated as an EF4.
The powerful storm killed one teacher and 12 students, carrying their bodies up to 75 yards (69 m) from the school’s limestone foundation. [9] After the devastation at the school, the 0.25 mi (0.40 km)-wide tornado [ 9 ] destroyed five farmhouses before lifting.