1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado

The 1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado was a powerful and devastating tornado that struck St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday, September 29, 1927, at 1:00pm. The tornado is estimated to have reach at least F3 and possible F4 intensity on the Fujita scale. The 2nd deadliest tornado to occur in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it caused at minimum 72–79 deaths and injured more than 550 people all within a seven-to-twelve-mile long, 100–600 yard wide path. At one time it was the 2nd costliest tornado in US history. More than 200 city blocks were destroyed. It is one of four tornadoes that have tore through Downtown St. Louis with the others coming in 1871, 1896, and 1959. St. Louis University High School was hit hard. The student chapel's roof collapsed, the gym's (now main offices) roof was d

1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado

The 1927 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado was a powerful and devastating tornado that struck St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday, September 29, 1927, at 1:00pm. The tornado is estimated to have reach at least F3 and possible F4 intensity on the Fujita scale. The 2nd deadliest tornado to occur in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it caused at minimum 72–79 deaths and injured more than 550 people all within a seven-to-twelve-mile long, 100–600 yard wide path. At one time it was the 2nd costliest tornado in US history. More than 200 city blocks were destroyed. It is one of four tornadoes that have tore through Downtown St. Louis with the others coming in 1871, 1896, and 1959. St. Louis University High School was hit hard. The student chapel's roof collapsed, the gym's (now main offices) roof was d