The Deadliest US Tornadoes
The Deadliest US Tornado Outbreaks
The Top Ten Most Deadly Tornadoes In US History
Update: The 2011 Joplin Missouri Tornado is confirmed at this writing to have killed 122 people, making it the eighth worse in US History.
Update: The 2011 Tornado Outbreak has been confirmed as of this writing (4/29/2011) to have killed 319, making it the highest death toll since 1932, when 322 were killed in Alabama. An April 1974 outbreak killed 325 people in 11 states. These however, are from multiple storms.The deadliest tornado remains the March 18, 1925 twister which killed 695 people on its 219 mile path of destruction. A total of 747 people were killed in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana when all tornadoes in that storm are accounted for.
