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On September 23, 1551 a tornado hit the Grand Harbour of Malta. It began as a waterspout and killed 600 people. Source: https://historydraft.com/story/disasters-with-highest-death-tolls/the-valletta-malta-tornado/481/7728 -
On May 6, 1840, in a tornado hit Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people making it the second worst tornado in US history. Source: https://www.natchez.ms.us/Archive/ViewFile/Item/128 -
In the year 1851 on December 8, two tornados traveled across the Marsala countryside in western Sicily destroying everything in its path and killing over 500 people. Source: https://historydraft.com/events/the-sicily-tornadoes/7731 -
On May 27, 1896, a super tornado named the Great Cyclone ripped through St Louis and East St Louis killing a total of 255 people and injuring more than a thousand. Source: https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/the-great-cyclone-of-1896-tore-a-deadly-path-through-st-louis-and-east-st/collection_9afc680a-8c26-5479-8f9b-9b6d88bd37a2.html#1 -
In the year 1925 a huge tornado struck the Tri-State area destroying everything in its path and killing over 700 people. Source: https://www.history.com/news/deadliest-tornado-tri-state-1925-united-states -
In the year 1936 on April 5th in Tupelo Mississippi an F5 tornado hit the northeastern Mississippi city of Tupelo and killed a total of 200 people and destroyed the city. The Tupelo Tornado was the 4th worst tornado in US history. Source: https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/images/tupelo-tornado-of-1936/ -
The Narail-Magura tornado took place in the year 1964 and went through Jessore, East Pakistan, and Pakistan killing over 500 people. Source:https://historydraft.com/events/the-narail-magura-tornado/7733 -
In the year 1969 a tornado hit East Pakistan and killed a total of 660 people. Source: https://historydraft.com/events/1969-east-pakistan-tornado1969-east-pakistan-tornado/7727 -
In the year 1973 a huge tornado hit Bangladesh killing over 600 people. Source: https://bangladeshtornadoes.org/climo/btorcli0.htm -
A catastrophic tornado that struck the Manikganj district of Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. Causing approximately 1,300 fatalities. Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Saturia-Manikganj-Sadar-tornado