A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:

• 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

• 216 deaths. April 5, 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi.

• 203 deaths. April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Georgia.

• 181 deaths. April 9, 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma.

• 158 deaths. May 22, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri.

• 143 deaths. April 24, 1908, in Amite, Louisiana, and Purvis, Mississippi.

• 116 deaths. June 8, 1953, in Flint, Michigan.

• 114 deaths. May 11, 1953 in Waco, Texas.

• 114 deaths. May 18, 1902 in Goliad, Texas.

• 103 deaths. March 23, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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