Oklahoma tornado: Ten more deadly US twisters

Here is a list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900.

March 18, 1925
The deadliest tornado in U.S. history killed more than 695 people and sped from southeastern Missouri, through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana - a total of 219 miles. It is classified as an EF5 tornado - the most deadly and dangerous on the Fujita Scale.

April 5, 1936
The fourth deadliest tornado swept into the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, devastating the Gum Pond neighbourhood and throwing homes and victims into the water. The EF5 storm killed at least 216 people. A notable survivor of the disaster was one-year-old Elvis Presley.

April 6, 1936
After leveling the town of Tupelo the enormous storm system moved towards Gaineville, Georgia. Two separate tornadoes merged together and completely destroyed everything in its reach. A total of 203 people were killed.

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April 9, 1947
A series of tornadoes crossed through Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma killing 181 and injuring 970. The tiny town of Glazier, Texas, was left as rubble and debris after the disaster.

May 22, 2011
The catastrophic EF5 tornado struck the city of Joplin, Missouri, and reached a width of nearly one mile. It is the costliest tornado in US history and killed 158 people.

April 24, 1908
The tornado which devastated the towns of Amite, Louisiana, and Purvis, Mississippi, and killed 143 people was part of a series of tornadoes that affected the Midwest and southern states of America. A total of 324 people were killed as a result of 29 tornadoes in the storm.

June 8, 1953
Large sections of  Flint, Michigan, were completely destroyed leaving only the foundations of homes left. The EF5 tornado killed 116 people.

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May 11, 1953
The city of Waco, Texas, suffered terribly when an EF5 tornado touched down nearby and moved through the populated area, destroying 196 businesses and factories and killing 114 people.

May 18, 1902
A total of 114 people died after a tornado struck the town of Goliad, Texas. It is tied with the Waco tornado as the deadliest in Texas history.

March 23, 1913
The tornado which struck Omaha, Nebraska, was one of a series of devastating tornadoes that ripped through seven states. A total of 103 people died in Omaha, including two dozen African Americans who were attending an Easter Sunday street party and found themselves in the middle of the half-mile wide tornado.