ATLANTA — At least 30 tornadoes barreled through the central portion of the U.S. overnight, leaving at least 70 people feared dead in Kentucky along.
Two more people were killed at an Amazon fulfilment center in St. Louis. Tennessee’s Emergency Management Agency reported three deaths in the northwest part of the state. In northeastern Arkansas, at least two people were reported dead at a nursing home in Monette.
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The final death toll from the outbreak has still not been determined, but the storms seem to be on track to be some of the deadliest in U.S. history.
The deadliest tornado in the U.S. in recent memory was one that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011, killing 158 people. The deadliest tornado ever reported in the U.S. was a storm that moved through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in 1900, killing 695 people.
Two tornadoes that ripped through Gainesville, Georgia in 1936 left 203 people dead and 1,600 people homeless.
Here are the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the U.S. since 1900, as compiled by the Associated Press:
— 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
— 216 deaths. April 5, 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi.
— 203 deaths. April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Georgia.
— 181 deaths. April 9, 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma.
— 158 deaths. May 22, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri.
— 143 deaths. April 24, 1908, in Amite, Louisiana, and Purvis, Mississippi.
— 116 deaths. June 8, 1953, in Flint, Michigan.
— 114 deaths. May 11, 1953 in Waco, Texas.
— 114 deaths. May 18, 1902 in Goliad, Texas.
— 103 deaths. March 23, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.
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