By NOAA Photo Library - con00304, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66437963

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



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