US Tornado Strike Largest In Recorded History: Report

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US Tornado Strike Largest In Recorded History: Report

5/2/2011 11:24 PM ET

(RTTNews) - The recent outbreak of tornadoes that devastated southern United

States was the biggest ever in recorded history, reports quoting Washington's

National Weather Service (NWS) said on Monday.

As many as 362 tornadoes struck the affected area during a three-day period from

April 25-28 and this included around 312 in just 24 hours. It eclipsed the

previous record of 148 tornadoes over two days in 1974.

The catastrophe which killed over 350 people in worst-hit Alabama and six other

states was the deadliest to strike the region in almost 80 years. The Weather

Service report comes as the huge task of removing debris from destruction caused

by the tornadoes continued in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee,

Virginia, Louisiana and Kentucky.

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I'd believe it.

Now there is potentially record flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries combined with near record droughts in other parts of the South.

In a message dated 5/3/2011 12:47:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

US Tornado Strike Largest In Recorded History: Report