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At least five people have been killed after a large tornado tore through rural Missouri in the middle of the night. The twister struck in Bollinger County, 50 miles south of St Louis , at around 3 ...
As the scope of the devastation became clearer Saturday, nearly 24 hours after a nighttime tornado outbreak erupted across at least six states, President Joe Biden spoke out about the tragedy and ...
On Dec. 18, 1957, 67 years ago today, an outbreak of strong tornadoes tore through southern Illinois and eastern Missouri. The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis ...
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.
1953 Waco tornado outbreak [1] F4 St. Louis, Missouri: February 10, 1959 21 St. Louis tornado outbreak of February 1959 [1] F3 Galveston, Texas: September 21, 1961 0 Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak — Shortly after a comparable F4 tornado killed 8, an F3 tornado damaged commercial buildings in Galveston. [28] F5 Topeka, Kansas: June 8, 1966 17
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.
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.
At least nine people are dead and the toll is expected to grow after more than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday.