In 2011, extreme tornado damage occurred in Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri. Alabama suffered the worst damage overall, while Missouri had the worst single tornado.
Oklahoma also deserves mention as it, like the other states mentioned here, had an EF5 tornado.
Both Oklahoma and Missouri suffered very destructive tornadoes in 2011. Missouri was hit the hardest because of the Joplin tornado but that state is not entirely in Tornado Alley. Overall, the worst tornado damage in 2011 was in Alabama, but that state is several hundred miles from Tornado Alley.
The cost of damage of the Tri-State tornado amounts to $16.5 million in 1925 values, equivalent to about $390 million today.
Damage from the Tri-State tornado is estimated to be $16.5 million in 1925 amounts.
Damage photographs from the Tri-State tornado show large areas that were completely leveled, with some neighborhoods swept away. That is a strong indicator that the tornado was an F5.
Damage from the Tri-State tornado has been tallied at $16.5 million at the time it ocurred. This works out to about $220 million in modern values. It struck on Wednesday, March 18, 1925.
Texas ranks number one in total number of tornadoes, tornado fatalities, tornado injuries, and damage in terms of monetary cost.
The tornado did extensive damage across our entire state.
The worst tornado damage of 2010 appears to have been in Mississippi, particularly from long-track EF4 tornado that move across the state on April 22.
Because tornadoes have killed more people in Texas than in any other state. It is also the state with the most tornado injuries, damage, and the most tornadoes overall.
The largest tornado even recorded caused about $160 million dollars in damage, but keep in mind this wasn't the most damaging tornado or the strongest. The tornado with the strongest recorded winds caused $1 billion in damage (about $1.3 billion in today's dollars). The most damaging tornado recorded caused the equivalent of $1.7 billion in today's dollars.
The 1925 Tri-State tornado, which traveled through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, holds the record for the longest continuous track on the ground at approximately 219 miles. It left a path of destruction and devastation in its wake, causing widespread damage and casualties.
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