Pecos Hank | Deadliest Tornadoes in History - America's Worst vs World's Worst @PecosHank | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Short documentary exploring the deadliest tornadoes in the world. You might be surprised that most of them did not occur in the US.
To license video contact hankschyma@gmail.com
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DEADLIEST TORNADO of 2024 (so far through Sep. 12)
During the active storm season of 2024, incredible tornadoes seemed to be making daily headlines. Despite the high tornado count, the death toll has been surprisingly low. Of the 1600 tornadoes counted (so far) this year, only 44 deaths have been reported. Perhaps a testament to our warning system, and luck. The deadliest tornado this year was an EF3 that tracked between Valley View TX and Sanger TX at night on May 25th. Manufactured and mobile homes were heavily damaging or demolishing and seven lives were lost.
THE TRISTATE TORNADO of 1925
On Wednesday, March 18, 1925 a highly visible funnel appeared under a classic supercell thunderstorm at 1pm near Moore Township, Missouri. Shortly after the deadliest tornado in US history would claim its first life. Town after leveled town would endure a horror unlike anything America had ever seen. After crossing into Illinois, the parent storm transitioned to a high precipitation mode obscuring the intense tornado behind a curtain of rain while the strength and size of the tornado increased. With wind estimates perhaps in excess of 300 mph, the tornado obliterated the numerous towns directly in its path while racing across the landscape at an average speed of 62 mph. Entire rows of homes were leveled and swept away. Schools were devastated. Railroad tracks were reportedly ripped from the ground and sheets of iron were carried as far as 50 miles away. In rural areas, farmhouses were also leveled. Trees were debarked and the tornado carved deep scours into the earth Indicating this tornado would have easily earned the highest intensity rating on today’s enhanced Fujita scale, an EF5.
Between The obliterated town of Gorham and the highly devastated town of Murphysboro, the mile-wide tornado sprinted to an incredible speed of 73 mph and for a long-time it was recognized as the fastest tornado ever recorded. In its wake, large fires burned structures with trapped victims inside. Thousands were left without shelter or food and looters raided the rubble. After 3 hours and 38 minutes of unspeakable horror, the tornado, or family of tornadoes, finally dissipated at 4:38 PM near Petersburg Indiana. Along a 235 mile damage path, approximately 15,000 homes had been destroyed, and 695 men, woman and children lost their lives. By far the largest death toll registered by any US tornado to the present day.
THE DEADLIEST TORNDO IN THE WORLD
On April 26th, 1989 a large powerful tornado tracked through Bangladesh. According to the World Meteorological Organization this tornado killed roughly 1,300 people and injured 12,000. According to the Bangladesh Observer, "The devastation was so complete,
that barring some skeletons of trees, there were no signs of standing infrastructures.”
TOP 10 DEADLIEST TORNADOES EVER RECORDED
Bangladesh is no stranger to terrible tornadoes. In fact six historic tornadoes occurring in Bangladesh are contenders for the Top 10 deadliest tornadoes ever recorded. The United States has only two on that list.
TORNADOES IN BANGLADESH
It's not that Bangladesh has bigger, badder tornadoes than the US. Oklahoma is roughly the same size of Bangladesh and has significantly more tornadoes. But Oklahoma has population of 4 million while Bangladesh has a population of 174 million. If a big bad tornado occurs, It would be much more likely to hit a heavily populated area in Bangladesh than in the US.
BANGLADESH VULNERABLE TO TORNADOES
The dense population, absence of a sophisticated warning system and lack of tornado shelter able to withstand destructive winds make Bangladesh highly vulnerable to any tornadoes that occur and thus the deadliest location in the world regarding tornado related fatalities.
CREDITS:
Video and photography by Hank Schyma
Additional photography by my man Daniele Shaw
“Deep River” Piano performance by Anton Seimon
RESEARCH:
National Weather Service
World Population Review
Bangladesh and East India Tornadoes Background Information - Jonathan Finch
Tornados in Bangladesh and East India - Jonathan D. Finch, Ashaf M. Dewan
AMS Journal - The Tornado Archive: Compiling and Visualizing a Worldwide, Digitized Tornado Database. Malcolm Maas, Timothy Supine, Andrew Berrington, Samuel Emmerson, Ava Aidala, and Michael Gavan.
Atmospheric Research: The environment associated with significant tornadoes in Bangladesh
Dan Bikos, Jonathan Finch, Jonathan L. Case
SPC - The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes
Short documentary exploring the deadliest tornadoes in the world. You might be surprised that most of them did not occur in the US.
To license video contact hankschyma@gmail.com
COPYRIGHT PECOS HANK 2024
NOT FOR REBROADCAST
Support this channel
patreon.com/pecoshank
DEADLIEST TORNADO of 2024 (so far through Sep. 12)
During the active storm season of 2024, incredible tornadoes seemed to be making daily headlines. Despite the high tornado count, the death toll has been surprisingly low. Of the 1600 tornadoes counted (so far) this year, only 44 deaths have been reported. Perhaps a testament to our warning system, and luck. The deadliest tornado this year was an EF3 that tracked between Valley View TX and Sanger TX at night on May 25th. Manufactured and mobile homes were heavily damaging or demolishing and seven lives were lost.
THE TRISTATE TORNADO of 1925
On Wednesday, March 18, 1925 a highly visible funnel appeared under a classic supercell thunderstorm at 1pm near Moore Township, Missouri. Shortly after the deadliest tornado in US history would claim its first life. Town after leveled town would endure a horror unlike anything America had ever seen. After crossing into Illinois, the parent storm transitioned to a high precipitation mode obscuring the intense tornado behind a curtain of rain while the strength and size of the tornado increased. With wind estimates perhaps in excess of 300 mph, the tornado obliterated the numerous towns directly in its path while racing across the landscape at an average speed of 62 mph. Entire rows of homes were leveled and swept away. Schools were devastated. Railroad tracks were reportedly ripped from the ground and sheets of iron were carried as far as 50 miles away. In rural areas, farmhouses were also leveled. Trees were debarked and the tornado carved deep scours into the earth Indicating this tornado would have easily earned the highest intensity rating on today’s enhanced Fujita scale, an EF5.
Between The obliterated town of Gorham and the highly devastated town of Murphysboro, the mile-wide tornado sprinted to an incredible speed of 73 mph and for a long-time it was recognized as the fastest tornado ever recorded. In its wake, large fires burned structures with trapped victims inside. Thousands were left without shelter or food and looters raided the rubble. After 3 hours and 38 minutes of unspeakable horror, the tornado, or family of tornadoes, finally dissipated at 4:38 PM near Petersburg Indiana. Along a 235 mile damage path, approximately 15,000 homes had been destroyed, and 695 men, woman and children lost their lives. By far the largest death toll registered by any US tornado to the present day.
THE DEADLIEST TORNDO IN THE WORLD
On April 26th, 1989 a large powerful tornado tracked through Bangladesh. According to the World Meteorological Organization this tornado killed roughly 1,300 people and injured 12,000. According to the Bangladesh Observer, "The devastation was so complete,
that barring some skeletons of trees, there were no signs of standing infrastructures.”
TOP 10 DEADLIEST TORNADOES EVER RECORDED
Bangladesh is no stranger to terrible tornadoes. In fact six historic tornadoes occurring in Bangladesh are contenders for the Top 10 deadliest tornadoes ever recorded. The United States has only two on that list.
TORNADOES IN BANGLADESH
It's not that Bangladesh has bigger, badder tornadoes than the US. Oklahoma is roughly the same size of Bangladesh and has significantly more tornadoes. But Oklahoma has population of 4 million while Bangladesh has a population of 174 million. If a big bad tornado occurs, It would be much more likely to hit a heavily populated area in Bangladesh than in the US.
BANGLADESH VULNERABLE TO TORNADOES
The dense population, absence of a sophisticated warning system and lack of tornado shelter able to withstand destructive winds make Bangladesh highly vulnerable to any tornadoes that occur and thus the deadliest location in the world regarding tornado related fatalities.
CREDITS:
Video and photography by Hank Schyma
Additional photography by my man Daniele Shaw
“Deep River” Piano performance by Anton Seimon
RESEARCH:
National Weather Service
World Population Review
Bangladesh and East India Tornadoes Background Information - Jonathan Finch
Tornados in Bangladesh and East India - Jonathan D. Finch, Ashaf M. Dewan
AMS Journal - The Tornado Archive: Compiling and Visualizing a Worldwide, Digitized Tornado Database. Malcolm Maas, Timothy Supine, Andrew Berrington, Samuel Emmerson, Ava Aidala, and Michael Gavan.
Atmospheric Research: The environment associated with significant tornadoes in Bangladesh
Dan Bikos, Jonathan Finch, Jonathan L. Case
SPC - The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes
