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A nine-year-old girl was killed, and her parents and two younger sisters were injured in the destruction of one of the homes. As it crossed I-55 just south of Hayti, the large wedge tornado weakened back to EF2 strength and blew multiple semi-trailer trucks and a car off the highway into a field. Several semi-truck drivers were injured here ...
Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of tornadoes FU/EFU F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3
Reports from state police say that a twister in Bollinger County, Missouri, just to the west of Cape Girardeau, has caused multiple fatalities, injuries, and widespread damage. Deadly tornado hits ...
A Missouri mom spoke publicly more than two weeks after her husband and two of her children were killed in a tornado. Kuri Bolger, 33, of Blue Springs, in the suburbs of Kansas City, and her 8 ...
Devastation from a tornado that hit Glen Allen, Mo., in southeastern Missouri, killing several people and causing an unknown number of injuries, is pictured on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Killer F4 and F5 (rating disputed) tornadoes occurred in Oklahoma with a killer F3 tornado in Missouri. Other damaging tornadoes also touched down as well. (9 significant, 2 violent, 3 killer) [121] Tornado outbreak of April 1977: April 4–5, 1977: Southeastern United States: 21: 24 fatalities, 200 injuries
This year's total number of tornado reports stands at 1,008 on Memorial Day, higher than any year-to-date total since 2011. The historical average number of tornadoes by May 27 is 731.
Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] To assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale .