The deadliest tornado outbreaks in the United States to date

1899, 1896, 1840...

I wonder if global warming caused those tornadoes too?

I clicked on the story line to read more about the tornadoes and the aftermath and then noticed the grotesque photo of the horse. Of all the photos of destruction that DN could have posted to accompany this article, why this one? Going for shock factor? Disgusting. We all know that people and animals die when tornadoes are this powerful. I was hoping to read up to date coverage on the tornadoes that have hit the southeast in the last week and instead I see that there is just a compilation of old stories that I could have researched myself. Thanks for nothing.

@El Chango Supremo

It's actually not a commonly held view in the climate community that tornadoes increase in frequency due to global warming.

It should also be noted that tornadoes could easily be deadlier last century due to a lack of weather forecasting centers, satellites, and the warning systems we have today.

From the 2007 IPCC report...

"There is insufficient evidence to determine whether trends exist in small scale phenomena such as tornadoes, hail, lighting, and dust storms."

@attentive: Really? I didn't even see the poor horse until you pointed it out, that photo is pretty old, hard to make out details and monochromatic. Still, that image tends to tell the utter destruction of that event. Also, it appears from the headline that this really isn't about all the recent coverage of tornadoes in the South; more, this appears to be an abbreviated a list of deadliest tornadoes in the US. That's weird you would be so confused about that. Deseret, thanks for something with this list, I actually learned quite a bit.

Deseret News sure does a lot of top ten lists.

This list failed to include the Midwest tornado outbreak on Palm Sunday 1965 where 271 people were killed.

The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak occurred on April 11, 1965 and involved 47 tornadoes (15 significant, 17 violent, 21 killers) hitting the Midwest. It was the second biggest outbreak on record. In the Midwest, 271 people were killed and 1,500 injured (1,200 in Indiana). It was the deadliest tornado outbreak in Indiana history with 137 people killed.[1] The outbreak also made that week the second most active week in history with 51 significant and 21 violent tornadoes.

being that the Carolins are the largest producers of pork and hog carcases, the nastiness of dead animals scattered accros the vlandscape cannot be denied. there is a huge amt of rotting debris that just goes away slowly. real nature at work.the critters that roam around trying to avoid starvation by living off the land presents a rel hazard, also. reality at work. can't deny it....nature will revert/prevail.