With the Tri-State tornado it had the greatest number of tornado fatalities in United States. This event had swept through many states and caused many deaths, currently still holds the record for most fatalities to this day. “Schools and businesses in 19 different communities were left in shambles and left survivors to pick up the pieces.” The 19 different communities were in Illinois , Indiana, and Missouri. Meteorologist didn't have the technology and data (research) to tell that the tornado was coming, or how to react and prepare. This left the people with not enough time to prepare themselves and their homes. If they had the technology like radars to detect the tornado and tv’s to warn the community better. They would have enough time to prevent many deaths and homes could have been prevented from being destroyed.“In the aftermath of the tornado, 695 people were dead and more than 2,000 were injured; 15,000 homes had been destroyed” During this event the winds reached up to 300 mph. But the average wind speed was about 62 mph, which was another record set by the Tri-State Tornado. “ The U.S. government learned a great …show more content…
F-5 Tornado wind speed estimate at top speed is 261-318 mph, with strong wind it can cause tremendous damage . Some examples could be but not limited to, frame houses leveled off foundations and swept away; automobile flying through the air in excess of 100 meters, and trees debarked. With this storm it featured very high winds with an average forward wind about 62 mph and top winds of around 300 mph. To this day there is still no confirmation that it was a single tornado or a series of tornados. Tri-State tornado destroyed buildings with causes of lots of flying debris smashing into their houses and other buildings. “The damage was estimated at $16.5M and in 2011 adjusted dollars that is approximately $1.4B.” Tri-State Tornado was the fifth costliest tornado in all of United States