Tornado: Past Incidents

1925 Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, USA: Dubbed the “Tri State Tornado” this wind pattern killed over 747 people and is the deadliest tornado in US history.
1927 Missouri, USA: An F4 tornado casues 217 deaths.
1936 Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, USA: Twin F4 tornados ripped through this region and killed 455 people, injured approximately 2300 and leveled nearly 200 houses.
1947 Texas, USA: A family of tornados ripped through the upper portion of the state with an F5 tornado completely razing the town of Glazier to such a degree that it was never rebuilt. Nearly 1000 were injured.
1953 Texas, USA: This F5 tornado struck the city of Waco causing over $41 million in damages.
1965 Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio, USA: A cluster of 48 tornados flew through the region, killing 271 people and causing over $200 million in damages.
1974 South / Midwest USA: 148 tornados struck this region of the US in only 2 days causing $600 million in damages.
1979 Kansas, USA: USA- As one of the most destructive in history, this tornado destroyed over 3000 homes and left 20,000 homeless.
1999 Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, USA: A group of 70 large F3 and F4 tornados swept through the region caused $1.2 billion in damages.

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