The Edmonton, Alberta tornado of July 31, 1987 killed 27 people, making it the second deadliest tornado in Canadian history.
The common death rate in a tornado is zero. 98% of tornadoes do not kill. In the majority of tornadoes that do kill,, the death toll is one. The higher the death toll, the less often it occurs.
The death toll of the Edmonton, Alberta tornado of 1987 was 27, making it the second deadliest tornado in Canadian history.
It was the deadliest tornado in history with a death toll of over 1300.
The highest official death toll from a tornado in the U.S. is 695. This record goes to the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado tore across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The death toll may have gone higher, though, as people who died later of their injuries might not be included in this figure.
The Daulatpur-Saturia tornado of Bangladesh is the deadliest tornado in world history, with a death toll of about 1,300.
The Daulatpur-Salturia, Bangladesh tornado of April 26, 1989 with an death toll of about 1300.
In The average tornado there are no deaths. On average the U.S. gets over 1,200 tornadoes per year but only about 60 tornado deaths. The average death toll for a killer tornado (at least for the U.S.) is between 2 and 3, but this is skewed upwards by a handful of tornadoes with large death tolls. The typical death toll for a killer tornado is 1.
The Tri-state tornado still holds the record for forward speed, damage path length and U.S. death toll. However it is not the deadliest tornado recorded in the world. That title now goes to the Daulatpur-Saturia tornado of Bangladesh with a death toll of over 1,300.
The highest death toll of any recorded tornado in the U.S. is 695. This is from the Tri-State tornado of Mach 18, 1925. However, scientists have estimate that an extremely large, violent tornado that impacts a major city or crowded freeway could potentially kill thousands.
The highest death toll from a single tornado was 1300 in the Daulatpur-Saturia, Bangladesh tornado of April 26, 1989. The highest death toll from a U.S. tornado was 695 in the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. Based on records going back to 1875, tornadoes in the U.S. have killed more than 19,000 people in total.
If you mean the Greensburg, Kansas EF5 tornado the death toll was 11
Every year on average 60 people are killed by tornadoes, most of them in the U.S. Most tornadoes do not kill anyone, but among those that are killers, the average death toll is between 2 and 3. On rare occasions death tolls can rise into the dozens, typically when large and very strong tornado strikes a large population center. The deadliest tornado ever recorded, with a death toll of about 1,300 was in Bangladesh in 1989. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history was the Tri-State tornado of 1925, with a death toll of 695.