Tornado

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• 1091

  10/17 — London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.

• 1840

  5/7 — The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.

• 1884

  2/19 — More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.

• 1899

  6/12 — New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

• 1955

  5/25 — In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.

• 1992

  11/21 — A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.

• 1996

  5/13 — Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.

• 1998

  3/24 — A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.

• 2006

  4/2 — Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.

• 2007

  3/1 — Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.

• 2007

  5/4 — Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.