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This is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in world history. This list includes confirmed individual tornadoes that caused 100 or more direct fatalities. The deadliest tornadoes by far have occurred in a small area of Bangladesh and East India.
The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. [3] In the history of Bangladesh, at least 19 tornadoes killed more than 100 people each, almost half of the total for the world.
21 mar 2021 · Updated on March 21, 2021. A funnel cloud touching down can pack brutal winds that not only rip away structures but take precious lives. Here are the worst tornadoes on record worldwide, based on confirmed lives lost: Daulatpur-Saturia Tornado, Bangladesh, 1989.
10 kwi 2020 · The fifth-deadliest F/EF5 tornado was that which destroyed New Richmond, Wisconsin, on June 12, 1899, killing 117. The small town was crowded with people from out of town viewing a circus event.
13 gru 2021 · Research shows nighttime tornadoes are around 2.5 times deadlier as daytime tornadoes. Severe weather struck with a violent intensity this weekend, leaving a wide path of death and destruction...
11 gru 2021 · At least five people died as tornadoes wreaked havoc in other states, including one in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois. Mr Beshear has declared a state of emergency in Kentucky.
A deadly series of at least 33 tornadoes hit at least 10 different U.S. states on May 9–11, 1953. Tornadoes appeared daily from Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak.
