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Killer Tornado

  • October 12, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The deadliest tornado in U.S. history was the 1925 Tri-State Tornado, which killed almost 700 people and wiped out entire Midwestern towns. It took about three and a half hours to cut a record 219-mile path of destruction through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

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