Cyclonic Weather Systems: The Top Three Deadliest Tornadoes in the U.S.
Lab 6-6: Cyclonic Weather Systems
The Top 3 Deadliest Tornadoes in the US:
1.The Tri-State Tornado:
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1925 (F5 tornado)
Time: Started around 1:00pm in Missouri and ended around 4:30 in Indiana.
Places: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, etc.
Number of fatalities: 747+ (695+ from one tornado)
2.The Great Natchez Tornado:
Date: May 7, 1840 (scale unknown; could have been an F5-6 tornado)
Time: 1:45pm
Places: Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana.
Number of fatalities: 317+
3.The Saint Louis Tornado:
Date: May 27-28, 1896 (F4 tornado)
Time: Around 6:15pm
Places: Missouri and Illinois (Central-Eastern US)
Number of fatalities: 255+
The Top 3 Deadliest Hurricanes in the US:
1.The Galveston Hurricane:
Date: September 8, 1900 (Category 4 hurricane)
Time: Around 5pm-11pm
Places: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and Eastern Canada.
Deaths: 6,000-12,000
2. San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane:
Date: September 1928 (Category 5 hurricane)
Time: Hit Southern Florida at 7:00pm on September 16th.
Places: Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Eastern Seaboard.
Deaths: 4,078+
3.Hurricane Katrina:
Date: August 23-30, 2005 (Category 5 hurricane)
Time: New Orleans at 5pm.
Places: Eastern North America, Ontario, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans, Kentucky, Alabama, Cuba, Louisiana, West Virginia, Bahamas, Ohio, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida Panhandle, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and South Florida.
Deaths: 1,833
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The Top 3 Deadliest Tornadoes in the US:
1.The Tri-State Tornado:
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1925 (F5 tornado)
Time: Started around 1:00pm in Missouri and ended around 4:30 in Indiana.
Places: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, etc.
Number of fatalities: 747+ (695+ from one tornado)
2.The Great Natchez Tornado:
Date: May 7, 1840 (scale unknown; could have been an F5-6 tornado)
Time: 1:45pm
Places: Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana.
Number of fatalities: 317+
3.The Saint Louis Tornado:
Date: May 27-28, 1896 (F4 tornado)
Time: Around 6:15pm
Places: Missouri and Illinois (Central-Eastern US)
Number of fatalities: 255+
The Top 3 Deadliest Hurricanes in the US:
1.The Galveston Hurricane:
Date: September 8, 1900 (Category 4 hurricane)
Time: Around 5pm-11pm
Places: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and Eastern Canada.
Deaths: 6,000-12,000
2. San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane:
Date: September 1928 (Category 5 hurricane)
Time: Hit Southern Florida at 7:00pm on September 16th.
Places: Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Eastern Seaboard.
Deaths: 4,078+
3.Hurricane Katrina:
Date: August 23-30, 2005 (Category 5 hurricane)
Time: New Orleans at 5pm.
Places: Eastern North America, Ontario, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans, Kentucky, Alabama, Cuba, Louisiana, West Virginia, Bahamas, Ohio, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida Panhandle, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and South Florida.
Deaths: 1,833
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