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1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. On April 5–6, 1936, an outbreak of 14 (or more) tornadoes struck the Southeastern United States, killing at least 454 people (with 419 of those deaths caused by just two tornadoes) and injuring at least 2,500 others. Over 200 people died in Georgia alone, making it the deadliest disaster ever ...
The number of people harmed was reduced due to many workers attending picnics away from the site when the tornado struck. [4] [11] Almost 33 years later, on April 6, 1936, another violent tornado struck Gainesville, claiming at least 203 lives. Gainesville is the only town of its size to be so devastated twice by tornadoes in its history. [13]
1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 865) 5: Gainesville, Georgia: 1936 April 6: 203 1,600 F4 At least 40 people were still missing in collapsed buildings when these figures were published, so the actual death toll may be much higher. 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 866) 6
Workers helped clean up tornado damage in Gainesville, Georgia, on April 6, 1936. (Photo: Getty Images) On April 6, 1936, the same system that caused the Tupelo tornado the day before would go on ...
The 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States during April 1936. The Greensboro, North Carolina, and Cordele, Georgia, tornadoes were the deadliest spawned during the April 1–2 outbreak, which developed in three waves of tornadic activity over 14 hours, associated with the same storm system.
Gainesville was the site of a deadly F4 on June 1, 1903, which killed 98 people. Gainesville was the site of the fifth deadliest tornado in U.S. history in 1936, [13] in which Gainesville was devastated and 203 people were killed. [14] In April 1974, an F4 tornado 22.6 miles away from the Gainesville city center killed six people and injured ...
Enigma tornado outbreak. 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. April 1924 tornado outbreak. 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak. 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak. Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952. Tornado outbreak sequence of April 28 – May 2, 1953. Tornado outbreak sequence of December 1–6 ...
1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak: April 1–2, 1936: Southeast: ≥13: 45 fatalities, 568 injuries: Produced multiple killer tornadoes in Georgia and the Carolinas. An F4 tornado in Cordele, Georgia, killed 23 people. (8 significant, 3 violent, 10 killer) 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: April 5–6, 1936: Southeastern ...