A total of 161 people lost their lives in Joplin from the catastrophic tornado, with 158 of those considered to be direct ...

A six-year-old boy died in Burrton when the chimney on his family’s home fell into the basement where the family sought shelter. In Hesston, the tornado strengthened into a solid F5 that packed a ...

The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile (352-kilometer) path for nearly four hours ...

The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago. The Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern Missouri on March 18, 1925.

A 6-year-old boy was killed while huddled ... they did everything right,” Davies said. The tornado grew in intensity. It was rated an F5 on the Fujita Scale, with winds estimated from 261 ...

That twister knocked a tree onto a house, killing a 2-year-old and injuring his mother and ... natural disasters in U.S. history, was an F5 tornado that tore through Flint on June 8, 1953 ...

Even by Plains standards, this was an unusually large, violent tornado outbreak so early in spring. One Kansas tornado was ...