Vintage: The Tri-State Tornado ravaged Illinois in 1925, killing roughly 700 people

On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths. The tornado is considered the largest, longest, fastest, most destructive, most deadly U.S. tornado with 695 deaths, 2000+ injuries and a path length of 219 miles from southeast Missouri across southern Illinois into southwest Indiana.