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Throughout St. Louis County, the tornado killed 10, injured 170, and caused $25 million in damage. The tornado then entered St. Louis City , devastating the area. It first damaged dozens of buildings and homes in the neighborhoods of Franz Park , Hi-Pointe , and Clayton-Tamm in Northern Benton before tearing part of the roof off the St. Louis ...
East St. Louis, like all of Southern Illinois, is classified as humid subtropical by the Köppen classification, having hot, humid summers and cool winters. On July 14, 1954, the temperature in East St. Louis allegedly reached 117 °F (47 °C), the highest temperature ever recorded in America east of the Mississippi River. It is not considered ...
Image credits: historydefined.net Research shows that creepy things tend to be ambiguously threatening. A 2015 study into the psychological nature of creepiness found that it might arise in the ...
The Downtown East St. Louis Historic District is a historic commercial district in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois. The district includes 35 buildings, 25 of which are contributing buildings, along Collinsville Avenue, Missouri Avenue, and St. Louis Avenue; all but one of the buildings was historically used for commercial purposes. While ...
Image credits: peonie666 #3 Saturday, January 14, 2012 Granny's Ghost. Somehow this lady's husband managed to appear in this photo despite passing away seven years before.
But first, read on for the 10 worst Illinois cities for Social Security-only couples, in reverse order. 10. Danville. Average rent: $681. Average total monthly cost of living: $2,371. Livability ...
St. Louis/East St. Louis, IL: St.Louis, Madison (IL) 0030 12 miles (19 km) 255 deaths — See article on this tornado — Third-deadliest tornado in US history. It caused near-F5 damage in East St. Louis. [6] [7] Illinois: F4: E of New Minden to Irvington: Washington, Jefferson: 0020 23 miles (37 km)
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.