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11 maj 2012 · The “Tri-State tornado” event of 18 March 1925, with an official death toll of 695 people, generally is accepted as the deadliest single tornado in United States recorded history. The officially accepted damage path is 352 km (219 mi) long.
The outbreak included the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the deadliest disaster in Illinois, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest registered in world history.
Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, which passed through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, completely destroying a number of towns and causing 695 deaths.
1 kwi 2013 · A schematic illustration of the method used to determine the length of gaps (G) along the damage path, as described in the text. The length and locations of damage points found along and near ...
TYPES OF FINDINGS: Location of hail, rain, and wind associated with the storm and primary tornado, and/or time of sunshine. Location of moderate debris blown from some part of the tornado path, and its perpendicular distance (north-northwest) from the damage path in this county.
NOAA/NWS 1925 Tri-State Tornado Web Site--Tornado Track. For thousands of residents in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Southwest Indiana, the days following March 18, 1925 must have been horrendous. Hundreds of lives had been taken and thousands were injured or left homeless.
1925 Tornado. The map shows the general direction and extent of the storm which devastated Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, and, branches of which caused great damage in Kentucky, Tennessee and even as far north as Toronto and Buffalo. The lower scene shows a rescue squad searching the ruins.
