Yes, Tornadoes kill dozens of people every year. In the U.S. alone tornadoes killed 553 people in 2011 (making it the 2nd deadliest year on record for the U.S.), and 70 in 2012.
Elsewhere in the world tornadoes killed about 2 dozen people in the same time period.
Tornadoes in the U.S. killed 70 people in 2012.
Nobody in Texas was killed in any tornadoes in 2011. As of September of 2012 the last tornado related death in Texas was in 2007.
Tornadoes killed 87 people in 2012, 70 of them in the United States.
Worldwide injury statistics are not available, but tornadoes in 2012 killed 113 people worldwide. In the United states tornadoes killed 70 people and injured more than 800.
So far tornadoes have killed 80 people worldwide including 68 in the U.S.
In 2012, 13 people were killed in 2 tornadoes in Indiana.
There were 101 tornadoes in Tennessee in 2011 and so far at least 22 in 2012.
There were no reports of any deaths from the tornadoes on April 3, 2012.
In the past 5 years (2007 up until now) tornadoes in the U.S. have caused approximately $30 billion in property damage (including at least $23 billion in 2011) and killed 887 people (of whom 550 died in 2011). Damage totals for 2012 are still preliminary.
In the years 1981-2010 (a 30 year period) Kentucky had an average between 1 and 2 tornado deaths per year. However, the number of deaths in any given year can vary widely. For example, in 2008 7 people in Kentucky died from tornadoes. So far in 2012 tornadoes in Kentucky have killed at least 16 people.
Data for tornadoes so far in 2012 is not yet finalized. However, based on archived data from 2000-2011 and preliminary data from 2012, Arkansas has had 579 recorded tornadoes so far in the years 2000-2012.
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.