When deadliest tornado ripped through US 100 years ago
India TodayFrom Logan School's top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily it was less than two blocks away. “She couldn't tell which direction was home,” said Othella's daughter, 81-year-old Sylvia Carvell. Deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile path for nearly four hours through southern Illinois and into Indiana. A surface low pressure system located over the Arkansas-Missouri border moved northeast, blending with a warm front moving north, said Christine Wielgos, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Sheet music for “After the Tornado is Over,” a morbid dirge written locally, reflects the mood of the odious aftermath: “I once had a ‘Home Sweet Home’ here/With families so kind and dear/The Red Cross tells me they are dead/Among the debris straight ahead/Death seems to come to every door/The strong and weak, the rich and poor."
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