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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.
5 kwi 2019 · The largest of them all—the deadliest tornado in United States history—laid waste to parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
12 gru 2021 · The Tri-State Tornado occurred on March 18, 1925. The tornado was a mile wide at times, and its winds reached 300 mph, putting it at the top of the Fujita scale for tornado intensity. At...
Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, that traveled from southeastern Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana on March 18, 1925. The storm completely destroyed a number of towns and caused 695 deaths.
19 mar 2024 · Monday marked the 99th anniversary of the March 18, 1925, Tri-State Tornado, which cut through southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Indiana. The storm traveled three hours on a 219-mile continuous path, killing 695 people and displacing 15,000.
11 gru 2021 · The longest on record is the “Tri-State” tornado from 1925, which tracked 219 miles across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
14 gru 2021 · Many of the iron and ore workers in Missouri and Illinois were underground when the tornado hit. They came up to find everything and everyone gone. The Tri-State is the deadliest cyclone in history—a record that still stands today.
