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| Title: |
MOST DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO IN HISTORY |
| Caption: |
Ruins of the Longfellow School in Murphysboro, Illinois, where 17 children were killed by the Tri-State tornado. The tornado struck the school around 2:34 P.M. on March 19, 1925. Most of the children were killed by the collapse of the unreinforced brick walls. Trees surrounding the school were also destroyed. A total of 234 people were killed in Murphysboro, the largest number of tornado deaths in a single town in United States history. (Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
| Keywords: |
atmosphere, air pressures, atmospheric pressures, lows, tornadoes, cumulonimbus clouds, winds |
