St. Louis, Missouri (Sep. 29, 1927)
The Sep. 29, 1927 tornado carved a twelve-mile-long swath of destruction through the heart of St. Louis.
72 fatalities, 550 injured
Total damage estimate corrected for inflation: $2.077 billion (2011 dollars)
Over 200 city blocks torn apart
Forbes index (100-point scale): 42.8
#OTD in 1927: A #tornado curved a path of destruction through St. Louis, Missouri. The tornado killed 78 people. #wxhistoryhttps://t.co/5HR3H82PcB pic.twitter.com/GSCbIcU2dw
— WX History (@weather_history) September 29, 2018
Hmmmm