Many tornadoes occur in remote areas, far from human habitations, but if they strike in populated areas, they can cause great devastation.July 1558: Nottingham, England. Extensive damage and some deaths.
October 1638: Devon, England. Between five and 50 deaths.
May 1840: Natchez, Mississippi. 317 killed.
June 1865: Viroqua, Wisconsin. More than 20 killed.
December 1879: Scotland. The Tay Bridge destroyed by two tornadoes that struck simultaneously. Between 75 and 90 killed.
February 1884: Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana. More than 800 killed.
May 1896: Missouri and Illinois. 300 killed.
June 1899: New Richmond, Wisconsin. 117 killed, at least 150 injured.
May 1902: Goliad, Texas. 114 killed.
March 1925: Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. 689 killed by up to seven tornadoes. A separate tornado at Annapolis, Maryland, overturned passenger trains and lifted 50 motorcars, carried them over houses, and dropped them in fields.
March 1932: Alabama. 268 killed.
April 1936: 216 killed at Tupelo, Mississippi, and 203 at Gainesville, Georgia, by two separate tornadoes.
June 1944: Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. 150 killed.
April 1947: Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 169 killed.
March 1952: Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. 208 killed.
May 1953: Texas. 114 killed.
June 1953: 143 killed in Michigan and Ohio and 90 around Worcester, Massachusetts, by two separate tornadoes.
May 1955: Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. 115 killed.
April 1965: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. 271 killed.
February 1971: Mississippi Delta. 110 killed.
January 1973: San Justo, Argentina. 60 killed.
April 1974: More than 300 killed during the super outbreak.
June 1974: Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. 24 killed by several tornadoes.
January 1975: Mississippi. 12 killed, 200 injured when a tornado struck a shopping mall.
April 1976: Bangladesh. 19 killed, more than 200 injured.
April 1977: Bangladesh. More than 600 killed, 1,500 injured.
May 1977: Moundou, Chad. 13 killed, 100 injured.
March 1978: Delhi, India. 32 killed, 700 injured.
April 1978: Orissa State, India. Nearly 500 killed, more than 1,000 injured. 100 believed killed in West Bengal by another tornado.
April 1979: Texas and Oklahoma. 59 killed, 800 injured.
August 1979: Irish Sea. 18 killed when tornadoes struck yachts taking part in the Fastnet Race between England and Ireland.
May 1980: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Five killed, at least 65 injured.
April 1981: Bangladesh. About 70 killed, 1,500 injured. Orissa State, India. More than 120 killed.
April 1982: Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Seven killed.
May 1982: Marion, Illinois. 10 killed.
April 1983: Fujian Province, China. 54 killed.
April 1983: Bangledesh. 12 killed, 200 injured.
May 1983: Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky. 24 killed by at least 59 tornadoes.
May 1983: Vietnam. 76 killed.
March 1984: North and South Carolina. More than 70 killed.
April 1984: Water Valley, Mississippi. 15 killed. Oklahoma. 14 killed. Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, and West Virginia. 14 killed.
June 1984: Russia. Hundreds killed.
October 1984: Maravilha, Brazil. 10 killed.
May 1985: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario. 90 killed.
May 1987: Saragosa, Texas. 29 killed.
July 1987: Heilongjiang Province, China. 16 killed, more than 400 injured.
July 1987: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 25 killed.
April 1989: Bangladesh. Up to 1,000 killed, 12,000 injured.
May 1989: Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Oklahoma. 23 killed, more than 100 injured.
November 1989: Huntsville, Alabama. 18 killed.
June 1990: Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. 13 killed.
May 1991: Bangladesh. 13 killed.
January 1993: Bangladesh. 32 killed, more than 1,000 injured.
April 1993: West Bengal, India. 100 killed.
March 1994: Alabama, Georgia, and North and South Carolina. 42 killed.
May 1996: Bangladesh. More than 440 killed, more than 32,000 injured.
March 1997: Arkansas. 25 killed.
May 1997: Central Texas. 30 killed, 24 in Jarrell.
July 1997: Kiangsu Province, China. 21 killed, more than 200 injured.
July 1997: Southern Michigan. 16 killed, more than 100 injured.
October 1997: Bangladesh. 25 killed, thousands injured.
May 1999: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas. 46 people killed and about 900 injured by more than 76 tornadoes, at least one classified F-5.
February 2000: Georgia. 18 killed, about 100 injured.
July 2000: Alberta, Canada. 10 killed when a tornado swept through a trailer park near Edmonton.
October 2000: Bognor Regis, England. Four people injured and hundreds of homes damaged.
December 2000: Tuscaloosa, Alabama.11 people killed.
February 2001: Mississippi. Five killed. Arkansas. One person killed.
May 2001: Ellicott, Colorado. 18 killed.
November 9–11, 2002: United States. Nearly 90 tornadoes along a storm front from Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. 17 killed in Tennessee, 12 in Alabama, five in Ohio, one in Mississippi, one in Pennsylvania; more than 200 injured.
May 4–12, 2003: United States. More than 300 tornadoes sweep through the midwestern and southern United States. Hundreds of homes damaged, at least 42 people killed.
April 14, 2004: Northern Bangladesh. Thousands of homes destroyed, at least 66 people killed.
March 20, 2005: Northern Bangladesh. At least 56 people killed in Gaibandha district, thousands homeless.
November 6, 2005: United States. Southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. 24 people killed, most in a trailer park outside Evansville, Indiana.
January 2, 2006: Missouri. Three persons injured.
March 9–13, 2006: United States. Outbreak of at least 105 tornadoes sweeps across the south-central United States, killing at least 11 people. One tornado is rated F-5 on the Fujita tornado intensity scale. Two other persons are also killed: one in an automobile accident and the other in a fire caused by lightning. These deaths are due to the weather but not directly to the tornadoes. March 12 is the most active day, with 62 confirmed tornadoes and storms producing hailstones the size of softballs.
credited to Michael Allaby
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