St. Louis, Missouri (May 27, 1896)
The official death toll of this tornado makes this the third-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history, behind only the Natchez, Mississippi, 1840 tornado and the #1 worst U.S. tornado.
255 fatalities, at least 1000 injured
Total damage estimate corrected for inflation: $2.56 billion (2011 dollars)
Generated F4 damage
Forbes index (100-point scale): 64.0
#OnThisDay in 1896, what would today be a massive EF4 tornado devastated St. Louis, Missouri: https://t.co/XwHLkvBhze #OTD pic.twitter.com/t8Zh0emy6l
— NOAA NCEI Climate (@NOAANCEIclimate) May 27, 2017
Hmmmm