Like those in other months, most April tornadoes do not kill and most of the killers do not claim more than 1 or 2 lives. The deadliest tornado in world history, the Daulatpur-Saturia tornado in Bangladesh, struck on April 26, 1989, killing an estimated 1300 people. The deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. in April was the Tupelo, Mississippi tornado of April 5, 1936 which killed at least 216 people, making it the 4th deadliest in U.S. history. Two of the deadliest tornadoes in the U.S. in the era of modern forecasting were on April 27, 2011 and killed 64 and 72 people.
There were no deaths or injuries from the tornadoes of April 11, 2012. Both of the tornadoes in Texas on that date were rated EF0 and such tornadoes hardly ever kill.
On average tornadoes kill about 60 people each year.
Tornadoes in April 2011 killed 363 people.
Tornadoes kill 60-80 people in an average year.
In 2009 45 people were killed by tornadoes including 22 in the U.S.
Tornadoes killed 53 people in Michigan on April 11, 1965
Tornadoes don't kill people every day. On average about 80 people are killed by tornadoes each year.
No. Tornadoes are very powerful storms, and while it's possible for a tornado to kill people, it is not inevitable. Many tornadoes kill no one at all. In fact, only about 2% of tornadoes are killers. However, the tornadoes that make the news and get the headlines are the ones in which people ARE killed and injured. The prime adage of the news editor is "If it bleeds, it leads!"
Most supercells do not kill, and those that do kill rarely kill more than a few. The main threat for a supercell is the potential for tornadoes, and a supercell can produce multiple tornadoes in succession in what is called a tornado family, which can, in rare cases, kill dozens. In recent years one tornado family on April 27, 2011 killed 87 people in 3 killer tornadoes, and another on the same day killed 69 people in 6 tornadoes. On May 22, 2011 a supercell killed 158 people, all from a single tornado.
On average tornadoes kill 60 people each year in the U.S.
The tornadoes of April 2011 were devastating. In the U.S. thousands of people lost their home and many more suffered some degree of property damage. These tornadoes killed 363 people and injured more than 3,500.
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