Statistics for other countries are not available, but for the U.S. the year with the least tornado fatalities (at least since 1875) was 1910 with only 12 recorded deaths from tornadoes.
794 deaths in the year 1925. 695 of those deaths were from a single tornado.
1925. There were 794 tornado deaths in the U.S. that year, 695 from a single tornado.
In 2011 there were 552 tornado fatalities in the United States, tying it as the second deadliest tornado year in U.S. history.
1989 when a single tornado in Bangladesh killed over 1,300 people. The deadliest tornado year in the U.S. was 1925 when a single tornado killed 695 people.
Most deaths during a tornado are caused by debris.
The U.S. averages 19 tornado deaths in May. However, the actual figure varies greatly from year to year. For example in May of 2005 there were no deaths from tornadoes in the U.S. (most of the tornadic deaths that year were in November). By contrast, in May of 2011 tornadoes in the U.S. killed 178 people with all but 20 deaths of those coming from a single tornado.
Based on statistics from the years 1950-2010 Texas has the most tornado fatalities averaging about 9 per year. However, this varies from year to year depending mostly on the distribution of strong tornadoes . For example, in 2010 Texas had no tornado fatalities, and instead Mississippi took first place with 13 deaths. By contrast in 1953 Texas had 150 tornado deaths.
There were no tornado-related deaths in Texas in 2011.
The United States suffers 60 tornadoes deaths in an average year. This number is gradually falling as warnings improve. Globally tornado deaths are generally not much higher as the United States sees most of the violent tornadoes.
On average tornadoes cause 60 deaths and and about $500 million dollars in damage each year.
Most deaths in a tornado are from being struck by flying or falling debris.
There have been 555 tornado fatalities in the Unites States in the past 10 years.