At just after 1 pm a rolling fog-like cloud appeared, initially causing no alarm until it was appreciated for it was, one of Mother Nature’s most deadly phenomena, an F5 tornado, and one that would leave 695 people dead in its wake.
1888 Great Blizzard
The Great Blizzard of 1988 was one of the deadliest weather disasters to hit the United States in recorded history. Snowfalls of up to 40-50 inches in parts of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York caused heavy storm damage and many people died trapped in their houses during this terrible weather.
March 18, 1925 was an ordinary early spring day for many weather-wise farmers just outside Ellington, Missouri, and a weather disaster was the last thing on anyone’s mind. At just after 1 pm a rolling fog-like cloud appeared, initially causing no alarm until it was appreciated for it was, one of Mother Nature’s most deadly phenomena, an F5 tornado, and one that would leave 695 people dead in its wake.
The Storm of the Century is the worst weather storm to have occurred within the past one hundred years. For the most part, the term Storm of the Century is typically applied to snow blizzards, and several blizzards have been considered the Storm of the Century.