Nearly 300 people were killed in six states on April 27-28 in one of the deadliest series of tornadoes to hit the United States in recent decades. Here is a look at the deadliest tornado days in U.S. history:
March 18, 1925: 747 people killed after tornadoes hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
March 21, 1932: 332 killed, most of them in Alabama, following a wave of tornadoes across the Southeast.
May 17, 1840: 317 died, nearly all of them in the city of Natchez, Miss., after tornadoes hit Louisiana and Mississippi.
April 3, 1974: 310 killed in what is known as the "Super Outbreak" when 148 tornadoes rampaged across 13 states over a 24-hour period.
May 27, 1896: 305 died when tornadoes hit Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.
Source: NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
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