TORNADO

  Although this happened where a lot of tornadoes have hit the United States in recent years, the Tri-State Tornado remains to hold the record for being the worst and deadliest tornado to ever happen in the U.S. It hit the highest rating on the Fujita scale of F5. What seemed likely to happen only in movies, the colossal tornado lasted for 3.5 hours and generated 8 more tornadoes. The main tornadoes caused the most deaths in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, while the smaller ones struck Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee which totaled to almost 750 deaths.

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   This record more than doubled the numbers compared to the 1840 Great Natchez Tornado which had 317 deaths.