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Subj: Today in History - Apr 24
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1908
Tornado flattens towns in Louisiana and Mississippi
A single tornado travels 150 miles through Louisiana and
Mississippi, leaving 143 dead in its wake. In total, 311 people
lost their lives to twisters during the deadly month of April
1908 in the southeastern United States. Another 1,600 were
seriously injured.
Two of the locations worst hit by the single extraordinary
tornado on this day were Amite, Louisiana, and Purvis,
Mississippi. In Amite, the tornado was 2.5 miles wide as it
touched the ground, killing 29 residents. In Purvis, 55 people
were killed and 400 were injured.
Tornadoes on average travel four to eight miles along the ground
at about 60 miles per hour. This one traveled more than 150
miles. Though large, it is not nearly the most impressive on
record_a 200-mile-long tornado was recorded on one occasion.
In the United States, it is rare that a single tornado kills more
than 50 people, although a series or grouping of related
tornadoes sometimes causes such damage. The death rate from
tornadoes has plunged since this 1908 disaster. Until the World
War II era, public warnings were very rare. During the war,
spotters were used to protect ammunition plants and, when the war
ended, this system was adapted for use as a civilian-warning
system.
It is estimated that 15,000 people in the United States lost
their lives to tornadoes in the 20th century. The most deadly
twisters now take place in the densely populated nations of India
and Bangladesh, the only other area in the world besides North
America where the climate conditions regularly cause these
dangerous storms.
73 - K.O., n0kfq
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