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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
Of all the recorded tornadoes with death tolls of 100 or greater, at least 24 of them occurred in Bangladesh and/or India, and two of them occurred in Europe (in the countries of Italy and Malta). In the Americas, there are 15 tornadoes on record that caused at least 100 fatalities, the most recent being the Joplin EF5 tornado which killed 158 ...
On March 18, 1925 - the deadliest and longest tornado in U.S. history tore across three states with a path over 200 miles long and killing 695 people.
The March 20 tornado was the costliest tornado in Oklahoma history at the time. [33] On March 25, meteorologists at the base noticed the extreme similarity between the weather conditions of that day and March 20, and later in the day issued a "tornado forecast ", which was verified when a tornado struck the base that evening.
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 ...
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.
Single supercell produced three of the tornadoes, including two EF3s, and all 21 deaths. Was the second-deadliest tornado event in Florida, behind the outbreak of February 22–23, 1998. 2007 New Orleans tornado outbreak: February 13, 2007: Southern United States: 19: 1: Produced two EF2s that caused major damage and one fatality in New Orleans ...
On average, 72% of all tornado-related fatalities occur in homes, 54% of which are in mobile homes, according to the National Weather Service. Someone in a mobile home is 15 to 20 times more ...