According to the Storm Prediction Center, 15 tornadoes in U.S. history have killed 100 or more people. On the following pages, we have a look back at the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes, starting with the 1953 Flint, Mich. tornado.
A half-mile wide F5 tornado struck the northern Flint community of Beecher on June 8, 1953, killing 116 people and injuring 844.
The tornado was on the ground for 27 miles and destroyed 340 homes. The majority of the deaths, 113 total, were concentrated along a four-mile stretch of Coldwater Road.
Until the Joplin, Mo. tornado of May 22, 2011, it was the last single tornado to kill more than 100 people in the U.S. Seven other killer tornadoes touched down the same day as the Flint tornado, pushing the death toll for the day up to 141.
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/ten-deadliest-tornadoes-united-states-20140423
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