Tornadoes

The most violent storms on the planet, the tornadoes and outbreaks that tore across Tornado Alley and beyond.

Part of Natural Disasters

50 moments in this segment.

  1. - The 1840 Natchez tornado. The second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history struck Natchez, Mississippi, along the river, killing over 300.
  2. - The 1880 Marshfield tornado. A tornado destroyed Marshfield, Missouri, one of the deadliest of the 19th century.
  3. - The 1896 St. Louis tornado. A tornado tore through St. Louis and East St. Louis, one of the deadliest and costliest in U.S. history.
  4. - The 1966 Belmond tornado. A tornado destroyed much of the Iowa town of Belmond in 1966.
  5. - The 1991 Andover tornado. An F5 tornado near Andover, Kansas, was one of the first violent tornadoes captured on home video.
  6. - The 1997 Jarrell tornado. A slow, violent F5 tornado obliterated the town of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 in one of the most intense tornadoes ever documented.
  7. - The Greensburg tornado. An EF5 tornado destroyed 95% of Greensburg, Kansas, which rebuilt itself as a green town.
  8. - The 2008 Super Tuesday outbreak. A tornado outbreak struck the U.S. South on the 2008 primary-election 'Super Tuesday', killing 57.
  9. - The Parkersburg tornado. An EF5 tornado destroyed Parkersburg, Iowa, in 2008.
  10. - The 2008 Hautmont tornado. A rare, violent tornado struck the northern French town of Hautmont in 2008.
  11. - The Tri-State Tornado. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history tore 219 miles across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695.
  12. - The 1984 Barneveld tornado. A nighttime F5 tornado nearly wiped the Wisconsin village of Barneveld off the map in 1984.
  13. - The 2011 Super Outbreak. The largest tornado outbreak in history spawned 360 tornadoes across the U.S. South in three days, killing over 320.
  14. - The 2011 Hackleburg tornado. The deadliest tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak, an EF5, tore across northern Alabama, killing 72.
  15. - The Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado. A massive tornado tore through Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, filmed live on television.
  16. - The 2011 Joplin tornado. An EF5 tornado tore directly through Joplin, Missouri, killing 158, the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern records began.
  17. - The 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville outbreak. A tornado outbreak devastated Tupelo, Mississippi (Elvis's hometown) and Gainesville, Georgia.
  18. - The 1965 Palm Sunday outbreak. An outbreak of 47 tornadoes struck the U.S. Midwest, killing over 250 and spurring modern warning systems.
  19. - The 2013 Brahmanbaria tornado. A tornado struck the Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh, killing dozens.
  20. - The 2013 Moore tornado. An EF5 tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, again, destroying two schools and killing 24.
  21. - The 2013 El Reno tornado. The widest tornado ever recorded, 4.2 km across, struck near El Reno, Oklahoma, killing storm chasers for the first time.
  22. - The El Reno tornado. The widest tornado ever recorded, 2.6 miles across, struck near El Reno, Oklahoma, killing veteran storm chasers.
  23. - The 2014 Vilonia tornado. A violent tornado struck Vilonia and Mayflower, Arkansas, in 2014.
  24. - The Pilger twin tornadoes. Two violent tornadoes touched down side by side near Pilger, Nebraska, in 2014, a rare and dramatic sight.
  25. - The 1955 Udall tornado. A nighttime tornado destroyed Udall, Kansas, in 1955, the deadliest in the state's history.
  26. - The 1990 Plainfield tornado. A rare August F5 struck near Plainfield, Illinois, with no warning, killing 29.
  27. - The 2019 Havana tornado. A rare, powerful tornado tore through Havana, Cuba, in 2019.
  28. - The 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado. This Oklahoma F5 produced the highest wind speed ever measured on Earth, 486 km/h, as it tore through the Moore suburbs.
  29. - The 2019 Dallas tornado. A nighttime tornado carved a path through Dallas, Texas, in 2019, though remarkably no one died.
  30. - Italy's waterspout tornadoes. Tornadoes and waterspouts strike Italy's coasts more often than many realise, damaging ports and towns.
  31. - The 2020 Nashville tornado. A tornado tore through downtown Nashville and Cookeville, Tennessee, at night in 2020.
  32. - The 1966 Topeka tornado. An F5 tornado tore through Topeka, Kansas, in 1966, defying a local legend that a hill would protect the city.
  33. - The 2021 Wuhan and Suzhou tornadoes. Two tornadoes struck central and eastern China on the same day in 2021, killing over a dozen.
  34. - The 2021 South Moravia tornado. A rare, violent tornado tore through villages in the Czech Republic, killing 6 in one of Europe's worst.
  35. - The 2021 Mayfield tornado. A long-track December tornado devastated Mayfield, Kentucky, part of a deadly out-of-season outbreak.
  36. - The Quad-State tornado. A single supercell spawned a tornado family that tracked for over 160 miles across four states in December 2021.
  37. - The 1987 Edmonton tornado. 'Black Friday', an F4 tornado tore through Edmonton, Canada, killing 27.
  38. - The 1989 Daulatpur-Saturia tornado. The deadliest tornado in world history killed roughly 1,300 people in Bangladesh's Manikganj district.
  39. - The 2023 Rolling Fork tornado. A violent tornado nearly wiped out Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in 2023.
  40. - The 2003 Oklahoma City tornado. A tornado struck the Oklahoma City area again in 2003, four years after the record 1999 storm.
  41. - The 1953 Worcester tornado. An F4 tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94 in one of New England's rare violent tornadoes.
  42. - The 1974 Super Outbreak. In 18 hours, 148 tornadoes tore across 13 U.S. states, the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded until 2011.
  43. - The 1970 Lubbock tornado. A tornado tore through downtown Lubbock, Texas, reshaping how scientists rate tornado damage.
  44. - The 1925 Tri-State Tornado. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history tore 350 km across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in over three hours, killing 695.
  45. - The 1953 Waco tornado. A tornado tore through downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114 and helping launch modern tornado warnings.
  46. - The 1996 Tangail tornado. One of the deadliest tornadoes in history struck the Tangail district of Bangladesh, killing around 700.
  47. - The Wichita Falls tornado. 'Terrible Tuesday', a huge tornado tore through Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1979.
  48. - The Woodward tornado. One of the deadliest tornadoes in Oklahoma history destroyed much of Woodward in 1947.
  49. - The Guin tornado. One of the Super Outbreak's most violent tornadoes obliterated the town of Guin, Alabama, in 1974.
  50. - The 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado. The last single U.S. tornado to kill over 100 people struck Flint, Michigan.
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