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There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
Throughout St. Louis County, the tornado killed 10, injured 170, and caused $25 million in damage. The tornado then entered St. Louis City , devastating the area. It first damaged dozens of buildings and homes in the neighborhoods of Franz Park , Hi-Pointe , and Clayton-Tamm in Northern Benton before tearing part of the roof off the St. Louis ...
The 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado (great cyclone) was a historic tornado that caused severe damage to downtown St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois, and surrounding areas on Wednesday, May 27, 1896, at around 5:00 pm.
The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 is estimated to have killed at least 255 people and injured more than 1,000 on May 27, 1896, as it wreaked havoc across the St. Louis, Missouri, area.
Tornado moved through the St. Louis suburbs striking Maryland Heights, St.Ann, Lambert Field, and Spanish Lake. 168 homes were destroyed and 1740 others were damaged. Some of the homes were leveled. A nursing home was also badly damaged. [54]
On April 22, 2011, a violent EF4 tornado, with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), struck the St. Louis metropolitan area. [2] The tornado, which was the strongest to hit St. Louis County or City since January 1967, moved through many suburbs and neighborhoods, damaging and destroying many homes and businesses.
Getty Images The tornado that blew through St. Louis' Lambert airport on Friday may have caused significant damage to the historic airport, but no deaths were reported amazingly. Now the ...
The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis, was wiped out by one of the 25 tornadoes. It was later rated F5 after the Fujita scale was implemented in 1971.