The Deadliest Tornado in U.S. History Blindsided the Midwest in 1925
The Tri-State Tornado claimed nearly 700 lives.
Overturned trains. Timber found miles away from where it had been stored. Trees felled. Fires and close calls. A letter that flew almost 100 miles. On a normal day in the Midwest in 1925, any one of these stories would have been worthy of front-page coverage. But March 18, 1925 was a day like no other the region had ever seen.