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 ...

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. Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive ...

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 ...

Historical Society via AP) MURPHYSBORO, Ill ... 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).

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 ...

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.

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

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.

The City of Murphysboro hosted a 100-year anniversary event exactly a century after the Tri-State tornado hit the region, killing 695 people across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

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 ...