Tri-State Tornado, deadliest in recorded US history, ripped through Midwestern states 100 years ago
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This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the Logan School in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows 13th and Walnut Streets in downtown Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)Sylvia Carvell, 81, of Murphybsoro, appears in this March 11, 2025 photo near the grave in Tower Grove Cemetery of her great-grandparents, (AP Photo/John O'Connor)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the Mobile and Ohio rail yard shops in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the Longfellow School in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the DeSoto, Ill., business district after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows Walnut and 22nd Streets in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the northeast section of Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)Mary Riseling, coordinator of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the March 18 Tri-State Tornado, shows how winds drove a board into the trunk of a maple tree on display at the Jackson County Historical Society on March 11, 2025 in Murphysboro, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows 17th and Walnut Streets, close to the Mobile and Ohio rail yards, with the freight house in background, in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)Sylvia Carvell describes her mother's childhood home in Murphysboro that was rebuilt to match the one destroyed in the March 18, 1925 Tri-State Tornado on March 11, 2025 in Murphysboro, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows a board driven into a tree in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)Jackson County Historical Society President Laura Cates Duncan, right, and Mary Riseling, a society board member and coordinator of the 100th anniversary commemoration of the Tri-State Tornado, discuss the March 18, 1925 cataclysm while standing among a gallery of photos on display at the society's office on March 11, 2025 in Murphysboro, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the Chevrolet Buick Garage in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows a school in DeSoto, Ill., where dozens of children were killed, after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)Jackson County Historical Society President Laura Cates Duncan describes a photo on display at the society's office of an elderly couple sitting on the ruins of their home after the March 18, 1925 Tri-State Tornado on March 11, 2025 in Murphysboro, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
This photo provided by the Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society shows the Logan School in Murphysboro, Ill., after a tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925. (Jackson County (Ill.) Historical Society via AP)