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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. While officially unrated, it is retrospectively ...
Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 – Multiple long-track tornadoes crossed upstate New York
A total of 317 people were killed and more than 100 were injured on May 6, 1840, when the Natchez Tornado struck southwestern Mississippi. Government officials estimate that the actual death toll ...
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1840 Ship State Description Competent United Kingdom: The ship was wrecked at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay. [21] General Lawrence United States: Great Natchez Tornado: The steamboat sank in the Mississippi River at Natchez, Mississippi with the loss of all on board. [22] Hinds ...
May 7 – The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Before it is over, 317 people are killed and 109 injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history. November 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren.
Tornado disasters to affect the southern USA include the Great Natchez Tornado of May 1840 – second deadliest on record in the US, behind only the Tri-State Tornado. [26] Other outbreaks included the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak of April 1936, the 1908 Southeast tornado outbreak of April 1908 and the Candlestick Park Tornado of 1966.
Concordia Parish, Louisiana/near Natchez, Mississippi: 91 deaths; Bergens/Albertville, Alabama: 35 deaths; 322 1930 Ohio Penitentiary: Fire (building) Columbus, Ohio: 320 1944 Port Chicago disaster: Accident – explosion Port Chicago, California: World War II ammunition ignited 317+ 1840 Great Natchez Tornado: Tornado Natchez, Mississippi ...
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 ...