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The deadliest tornadoes by far have occurred in a small area of Bangladesh and East India. In this 8,000-square-mile (21,000 km 2) area, 24 of the 42 tornadoes which are known to have killed 100 or more people occurred. [1] This is probably due to the high population density and poor economic status of the area, as well as a lack of early ...
An F3 tornado killed 20 people in and near Commerce, Mississippi, most of them at a plantation school, and destroyed 45 homes. An F2 tornado destroyed another school between Lewisberg and Olive Branch, Mississippi, killing 3 others. A survey team declared that these events were not tornadoes, despite the fact that the funnels were sighted and ...
Three people were killed at the resort and large amounts of debris were scattered throughout the area. The tornado then crossed the southeastern part of the lake, before moving ashore again as it entered Obion County, causing high-end EF2 damage as it damaged or destroyed cabins, outbuildings, and houses along Lake Drive. A person was killed at ...
Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The ...
In the Americas, there are 15 tornadoes on record that caused at least 100 fatalities, the most recent being the Joplin F5 tornado which killed 158 people in May 2011. There are at least 450 tornadoes on record that caused greater than ten fatalities; the most recent of these was the Rolling Fork, Mississippi EF4 tornado which killed 17 people ...
The storm killed 30 people and injured 121; 22 of the people who died were inside Guadalupe Hall, where a group had gathered for a children’s graduation ceremony. 8. The Zephyr Tornado, May 30, 1909
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.
Part of the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak and tornadoes of 1997. On May 27, 1997, an extremely violent and destructive multi-vortex tornado struck the community of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. [1] The tornado caused $40.1 million (1997 USD) in damages and was the subject of multiple well-known photographs ...