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The 1964 Larose tornado was a powerful tornado that formed and dissipated on Larose, Louisiana. The strongest tornado from Hurricane Hilda, it touched down of October 3, 1964, on 6:30 a.m., CST. It was designated as an F4 tornado on the Fujita scale, before dissipating just right after. The tornado killed 22 people, with 165 injuries.
The rural location of the event has left a lot of the facts up for speculation. Despite this, it is believed that the tornado began forming five miles northeast of the town near the border of Caddo Parish and Miller County, Arkansas. The tornado moved south before changing direction, touching down, and striking the town from the east at 9:45 p.m.
A violent F4 tornado near Larose killed 22 people, injured 165 others, and destroyed 35 homes, despite being on the ground for only 1–1.5 mi (1.6–2.4 km). Automobiles in the path of the twister were also damaged. Debris picked up by the tornado was found 16 mi (26 km) away in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
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.
At least two people died as severe weather hit Louisiana overnight, with storms and tornadoes bringing devastation to southern states and leaving tens of thousands with damaged homes or severed ...
1938 Rodessa, Louisiana tornado; Tornado outbreak of February 11–13, 1950; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak of February 13, 1952; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 28 – May 2, 1953; Tornado outbreak sequence of December 1–6, 1953; Tornado outbreak of April 28–30, 1960; Tornado outbreak of March 30–31, 1962
Severe weather worries have once again proved to be worth the fright in the southern U.S. after storms fired to life on Friday afternoon and tore across the South into Saturday morning. The stormy ...
In Louisiana the tornado wrecked 12 homes, killing a third person. The tornado killed hundreds of chickens as well. In all, 37 people were injured along the path. This tornado belonged to the same family as the Shreveport F4 and ended near Logansport, Louisiana. [18] [27] [28] [29] [20] F2† Near Hell Creek† Union: Mississippi