Deadliest tornado: The Tri-State Tornado The 1925 Tri-State Tornado killed nearly 700 people and injured more than 2,000 across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Because it was moving quickly, at 60 to ...

The tornado holds the record for the highest recorded number of fatalities in a single U.S. community, which is Murphysboro, Illinois — at 234 deaths.

A radar-confirmed tornado swept through communities in heavily populated suburban Chicago, damaging more than 100 homes, toppling trees, knocking out power and causing multiple injuries, officials ...

In the middle of the devastation, strangers are bonding like families. Donations are pouring in, but the need is growing and even those who can't get to the tornado ravaged area can help out.