In May they told us that the National Weather Service didn’t keep records of tornado deaths prior to 1950.
The US National Weather Service says that 2011 is already the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950, when precise figures were first kept.
Winston missed one.
The loss of life is the greatest from an outbreak of U.S. tornadoes since March 1932, when the National Weather Service said 332 people were killed by storms.
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“TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. THIRTY PERSONS KILLED.”
~25 Nov 1908
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/26214614?
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“A fearful tornado raged in the southern portion of the United States yesterday. Sixty persons were killed in the State of Tennessee, and 114 in the extreme southern states.”
~4 May 1909
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5716691?
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“Tornadoes in the State of Oklahoma, in the United States, last week, killed 22 persons. Thirty persons were killed at Zephyr, in Texas, on Friday in a cyclone.”
~2 June 1909
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64814797?
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“The tornado reported in the United States covered a larger area than was at first supposed, and 80 persons are known to have been killed by collapsing houses and falling trees.”
~4 May 1912
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21913453?
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“TORNADO IN AMERICA.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED. DISTRICTS UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
A disastrous tornado which swept the town of Omaha, in Nebraska, yesterday, killed 150 people. Later a fire broke out among the ruins, and a whole section of the town was destroyed.”
~26 March 1913
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/10279037?
You’re missing the point – 332 people wasn’t a PRECISE figure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOymRNFrP6U