From Logan School’s top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than two ...

An EF-1 tornado with estimated 100 mph winds was confirmed in Jackson County, Illinois, from over the weekend.

Modern standards qualify the so-called Tri-State Tornado as an F5 ... The storm took out 40% of the city of Murphysboro, 97 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its 234 deaths were the most of any ...

Mar 13, 2025 Mar 13, 2025 Updated Mar 13, 2025 MURPHYSBORO — A century after the Tri-State Tornado tore through Jackson County, community members and historians gathered to reflect on its impact ...

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 ...

Burt in "Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book." Of the 695 who died in the Tri-State Tornado, 234 were in Murphysboro, Illinois, a record in a single community from such a disaster.

But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois town of Murphysboro on March 18, 1925, Othella saw nothing but flattened wasteland.

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP ... Modern standards qualify the so-called Tri-State Tornado as an F5, a mile-wide funnel with wind speeds greater than 260 mph (418 kph). Perhaps the best evidence ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP ... Modern standards qualify the so-called Tri-State Tornado as an F5, a mile-wide funnel with wind speeds greater than 260 mph (418 kph). Perhaps the best evidence ...