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The Great Natchez tornado was a deadly and "powerful" (the tornado may have been an F4-F5) tornado that hit Natchez, Mississippi, on Thursday, May 7, 1840.The tornado was the second-deadliest tornado in United States history; at least 317 people were killed and at least 109 were injured.
NATCHEZ, Miss.– At least four people died as tornadoes and storms tore across the South over the weekend, impacting communities from Texas to North Carolina. One of those losses was TyKeria ...
At least 44 tornadoes were reported across seven states, with major damage reported in Texas and Mississippi. One fatality was reported in Brazoria County, Texas, south of Houston on Saturday.
At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on ... responders work to free a victim trapped under a tree in Natchez, Miss. on ...
In the Americas, there are 15 tornadoes on record that caused at least 100 fatalities, the most recent being the Joplin EF5 tornado which killed 158 people in May 2011. There are at least 450 tornadoes on record that caused greater than ten fatalities; the most recent of these was the Rolling Fork, Mississippi EF4 tornado which killed 17 people ...
On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving trough moved eastward across the United States and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass originating from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms, and significant tornadoes over a four-day period.
An 18-year-old high school student in Natchez, Mississippi, died after a tree fell on a home, Adams County emergency officials said Saturday. Two others in the home were injured. Two others in the ...
On May 7, 1840, an intense tornado struck Natchez, killing 269 people, most of whom were on flatboats in the Mississippi River. The tornado killed 317 people in all, making it the second-deadliest tornado in United States history.