Timeline of the worst tornadoes in history
To show you just how deadly tornadoes can be, here are the top 6 deadliest tornadoes in world history.
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1. Tri-State Tornado, USA
Month and year: March 18, 1925 Ranking on the Fujita scale: Unknown, but believed to be F5 Places affected: Princeton, Griffin,Parrish, West franfort, De Soto, Murphysborro, Gorham, Biehe, Annapolis Additional info: The Tri-state tornado ripped through 3 American states, hence the tri part of it's name. It holds the U.S record for the most recorded deaths in a single tornado (695), most injured in a single tornado (2027) and longest tornado track (219 miles/ 352 kilometres). Murphysborro in Illnois suffered the most deaths, while Biehe, Gorham and Griffin suffered the most damage. 2. Valleta/Malta Tornado, Malta Month and Year: (Unknown) 1951/1956 Ranking on the fujita scale: Unknown Places affected: Valleta, Malta, Grand Harbour. Additional info: The Valetta Tornado took place in Valetta, Malta, and is considered to be one of the most deadly tornadoes in the world. Though the actual and the exact year of when this tornado hit Valetta is still unknown, this natural disaster is claimed to have taken more than 600 lives and destroyed huge natural property. This tornado started out as a waterspout and increased its intensity and deadly impact. 3. East Pakistan Tornado Month and year: April 14, 1969 Ranking on the fujita scale: F4 to F5 Places Affected: Dahka, capital of what is now Bangladesh Additional info: The East Pakistan Tornado took place in 1969 and struck the populated city of Dhaka, which is the capital of present Bangladesh. The tornado in Dhaka saw a death toll of 660 people and injured more than 4000 people in the city. On the same day, April 14, another tornado struck another district in Bangladesh named Homma Upazila where it killed 223 people. 4. The Manikganj, Singair, and Nawabganj Tornado Month and year: Ranking on fujita scale: Places affected:Balurchar Additional info: With an exact death toll of 681, this tornado remains to be the fifth deadliest tornado in the world. The Manikganj, Singair and Nawabganj tornado wiped out a whole village named Balurchar, along with destroying nine other towns in the country of Bangladesh, the country which was usually affected by tornadoes for a long period of time. 5. The Daulatpur-Salturia tornado Month and year: April 26, 1989 Ranking on the fujita scale: F5 Places affected: Additional info:The Daulatpur-Salturia tornado is considered to be the deadliest of tornadoes the world has ever seen which occurred on the 26th April in 1989. A lot of towns were completely destroyed and injured more than 12000 people, and killed almost 1300 people. This deadly tornado destroyed many towns completely and damaged homes and properties on a large scale, leaving almost 40,000 people homeless. The reason for this 1 mile wide tornado was said to have been the drought which plagued Bangladesh for 6 months, which intensified the atmospheric conditions and gave birth to the dangerous twister. 6.The Madarganj to Mirzapur Tornado Month and year: Ranking on the fujita scale:F4 to F5 Places affected: Gopalpur, Kallhati,Basail,Shakipur,Madarganj, Mirzapur Additional info:This tornado yet again struck the land of Bangladesh in the year 1996, and lead to nearly 700 deaths. This deadly tornado traveled all the way from Madarganj to Mirzapur, and led to large scale destruction of life and property in towns such as Gopalpur, Kallhati, Basail and Shakipur, other than Madarganj and Mirzapur itself. |